Gavin Newsom Signs New Legislation To Address Oil And Gas Wells In California

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed new legislation into law regarding community protections for oil and gas wells.

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[tmty-h]

He and Camala destroyed California 😢😢😢😢

[Manuelperez-syzn]

We need more oil drilling. We need more oil.

[andyrodriguez]

All the sudden Newsome wants to change his ways wow unbelievable Trump's gonna see his ass out the door

[robertcuellar]

How is Democrats for the poor if they make everything so expensive and harder for poor people. i live in Chicago and our property taxes are unaffordable and this is the poor neighborhoods. I don't know i think iam voting trump this election.

[aalvarezjr]

They think that electric cars is the answer they are wrong. They’re gonna try all of this and at the end they’re gonna figure it out. It’s not gonna work and then there’s not gonna be anywhere to drill in California so get prepared to pay $15-$20 a gallon because it’s gonna be imported from Texas. We will see how California will take that.😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a joke I hope none of them people have a car they better start riding a bike …

[islandhorizonvideos]

California is doomed.
I am a native Californian and I left 30 years ago.
At that time, my new California was in trouble.

[cloudheart]

Of course he’s finally getting to work.. it’s election time.
Too little, too late

[eugenemorganakakeek]

WTF "is multi generational harm"? What are the IQs of these DEI hires. WTF are they talking about? What is wrong with these wells? the squeek of the pumping unit helped me sleep at night when I was a kid. How many wells do they want to shut down? How many jobs will we lose from this?

[MyIronForceSagittarius]

now lets all imagine a world without OIL

[zapcomix]

Why shouldn't they fight back, you all are trying to regulate them out of business.

[allamerican]

We need to leave California from this crazy people environmentalist !

[Goodguyful]

Wow! Super fantatstic news! My absolute favorite thing that Nesome has done! Thank you Govenor!

[LaniMucha]

gotta love the oil wells pumping behind them....

[oomahuntressprotectress]

orphaned stateified capped Hydrocarbon wells? ..that's awful

that's much more for the Governor

is it too much?

anyways, the price per barrel of oil should always be over $100 from the offset, on the global market.. then it either goes up, stays placid, or goes down

then, depending on employment factors, either again goes up, stays the same (in that certain way of staying the same), or goes down

many times more sometimes

then reaches the client

[boblandwehr]

Where's the community protection when you permit the build of a green energy power plant with BESS that has been determined to be a "potential trigger for wildfire" without having the means to extinguish the wildfire it will trigger? No EIR required! No water source on site or nearby. Built in a disadvantaged community -- French Laundry style of governance at its finest.

[KennyHan-ydpy]

New regulations... they found another way to funnel more money for programs that no one oversees. I have to remind everyone that he spent over $24 billion in 5 years to fight homelessness and yet homeless people increased from 30k to 180k+.

[roncasa-xsoy]

Keep the high price up in California. Hope this doesn't affect other states

[jonathanmateo]

California is about 1 step closer to no point of return

[marthasterr]

Lies lies lies get ready to pay higher gas prices 😢awful news you moved in knowing is an oil field

[sheri]

People who own homes are lucky to be able to sell your home and relocate, but for us renters who live paycheck to paycheck are stuck in California !