Santa Barbara County won a round in its legal battle over the controversial restart of an oil pipeline in Santa Barbara County.
The county refused to grant permits to Sable Oil Corporation to restart an oil pipeline that ruptured in 2015, as well as for some fuel processing facilities. Sable and ExxonMobil sued, asserting that the denial of the permits was an illegal “taking” of the company’s property.
Sable contends that the original permits for the decades-old pipeline let it repair and restart the system…