Within months of Governor Newsom signing SB 1137 into law, a law mandating a health-protective zone around homes, schools, hospitals and other sensitive receptors, Big Oil spent millions to deceive Californian voters on a referendum to overturn SB 1137. The law went into effect in January of 2023, but it is now on hold until it is voted on through a ballot measure in 2024.
Meanwhile, CalGEM, the state agency responsible for "prioritizing public health
and safety" continues to approve rework permits (at a 76% increase from
this time last year) right in our backyards.
In the first three months of 2023 alone, almost 900
permits have been approved to drill in California. A whopping 62% of
them - 556 - were approved within the historic 3,200ft health and safety
buffer zone, putting frontline communities STILL at risk for the toxic
consequences of oil and gas extraction.
Health organizations, health professionals and students fill out this form in order to sign on to our letter in support of these demands. You can read the letter here. If you have any questions please reach out to mkakoussian@psr-la.
We can not include your signature on the final letter if we can not confirm you are a health professional, representing a health organization or studying to become a health professional (studying public health, nursing, other health and medical related fields). Please provide additional information if needed on how you may qualify to sign this letter for us to be able to include your signature.
