There’s been a lot of talk recently about opening California’s coastline to new offshore oil and gas drilling. Katie Rodriguez here, hoping to distill that information and flag a public comment period where you can share your thoughts about such proposals with the federal government.
On Nov. 20, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a draft proposal for the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The proposal would open up 1.27 billion acres along the coast of Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Coast to new offshore oil and gas leasing.
The proposal targets six areas along the California coast: two potential lease sales are listed for Central California, three are for Southern California and one is for Northern California. The two Central Coast lease sales could begin as early as 2027…