Legislative efforts to shut down offshore oil rigs along California’s coast were reignited after a major oil spill last October. But the costs of shutting down oil production may end up determining the legislation’s fate.
Senate Bill 953, a proposal that cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, would allow the State Lands Commission to terminate some offshore oil leases by the end of 2024.
A coalition of labor unions and organizations focusing on homelessness, tenants' rights, workers' rights, and affordable housing will announce a ballot measure initiative to create a tax on multi-million dollar property sales to fund solutions to the homelessness crisis..