California voters in 2024 will decide whether to keep a law to require buffer zones around new oil wells as corporations use referendums to challenge progressive policies.
A referendum attempting to overturn SB 1137 a law banning new oil and gas wells near schools, hospitals and businesses open to the public has qualified for the November 2024 ballot.
California’s new law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on hold until after voters decide next year.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California's new law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on hold until after voters decide next year whether to throw it out, officials announced Friday.
Residents in several regions of California allege that they've been misled by signature gatherers over the last two months as a campaign, Stop the Energy Shutdown, pushed to gather enough signatures to get a referendum to overturn SB 1137 on the 2024 statewide ballot.