https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/09/13/should-california-cities-and-counties-be-allowed-to-ban-oil-drilling-gov-gavin-newsom-will-decide/

Should cities and counties in California be allowed to ban oil drilling?

Even though oil has been drilled in California for 150 years, the answer has been somewhat murky since last fall, when the state Supreme Court overturned a ballot measure that Monterey County voters passed in 2016 to ban new oil and gas wells there over pollution concerns.