State Lands Commission votes to support federal ban on oil drilling in the Pacific Ocean
(Sacramento)—The California State Lands Commission adopted a resolution today supporting the Obama Administration’s ban on new offshore drilling off the Pacific coast, signaling that it will take an active role in protecting California’s coastline. “We are committed...
Final Restoration Plan completed for Cosco Busan oil spill
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Commission urges continuation of federal offshore oil & gas leasing moratorium
SACRAMENTO — The California State Lands Commission today adopted a resolution urging the Congress and the President to maintain the existing federal offshore California oil and gas leasing moratorium that was first established more than twenty years ago. The...
Commission votes to support oceans reports and oppose threat to offshore oil & gas moratorium
EL SEGUNDO —The California State Lands Commission (CSLC) today adopted two resolutions to protect the Pacific Ocean from pollution and thwart efforts by oil companies to sidestep the moratorium on offshore oil and gas development. “Clean and healthy oceans are a vital...
Commission votes to preserve wetlands and opposes offshore oil drilling
SACRAMENTO — The California State Lands Commission voted today to grant the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a lease for the construction of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Project. The project will restore 880 acres of oil fields to their natural wetlands habitat and will act...
Commission votes to oppose federal offshore oil & gas inventory
SACRAMENTO — The California State Lands Commission voted today to oppose a controversial provision of the 2003 federal Energy Bill that would assess oil and gas reserves along the California coastline and in other federal waters. The Commission unanimously passed a...
Commission terminates offshore oil & gas lease
EL SEGUNDO, CA - The California State Lands Commission today terminated an offshore oil and gas lease off Gaviota, Santa Barbara County. Under California Law, the offshore area subject to the lease is thereby made part of California's Marine Sanctuary and no further...
Supplemental Report to the Legislature – Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale Program – Point Conception – Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County
For three years the Commission has been collecting data to evaluate the potential for oil and gas resources in State lands off shore between Point Conception and Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County. In response to Supplemental Budget Language for the 1981-82 Fiscal...
Report to the Legislature – Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale Program – Point Conception – Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County
After a hiatus of over a decade, the Commission has developed a program which will enable the State to lease, by competitive bid, approximately 40,000 acres of State tidelands and submerged lands for oil and gas development. Subsequent to the 1969 blowout and oil...
A Report of the Joint Committee on Public Domain – Crude Oil Pipelines in California
This report is the third in a series of fact-finding reports by the Joint Committee on Public Domain on matters relating to the California oil-bearing tidelands. It is focused on the crude oil pipeline system in the State of California. Report of the Joint Committee...