Protecting our public health, communities, and economies
Already, more than 225 local governments in California have passed more than 175 local policies to protect their communities from fossil fuels, including phase-out plans or setbacks on oil and gas drilling, climate lawsuits or divestment from fossil fuel companies, or opposing expansion of fossil fuel production or infrastructure.
Join us in calling on Governor Newsom to protect all Californians by creating a statewide climate emergency plan to phase out fossil fuel production.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Jurisdiction Type | Year | Summary | Policy Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hayward | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2021 | City of Hayward adopted a resolution to establish a new review process for new service stations selling fossil fuels | |
| City of Campbell | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2020 | City Council unanimously passed their reach code. Campbell's reach code requires all-electric space and water heating in new residential buildings, ADUs, and major remodels. | Policy |
| City of Cupertino | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2020 | City Council voted unanimously to adopt an all-electric reach code for new construction. Requires all buildings, including accessory dwelling units, to be all-electric. Also requires outdoor pools, spas, and barbeques to be included within the definition of an all-electric building. | Policy |
| City of Hayward | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2020 | All new residential buildings are required to be all-electric and nonresidential and high-rise residential buildings are electric preferred. Mixed-fuel buildings must install solar panels, and the energy budget must be 10 percent better than code. | Policy |
| Town of Los Altos Hills | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town | 2020 | City Council passed their reach code with a vote . The code requires electric space and water heating in new low rise residential buildings. | Policy |
| City of Richmond | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2020 | Requires new residential buildings over three stories to have prewiring for electric readiness and to support all-electric clothes dryers and space and water heating. Allows gas to power stoves and fireplaces. Requires all buildings under three stories to build all-electric and install a minimum amount of on-site solar based on square footage. | Policy |
| San Francisco | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City and County | 2019 | San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to pass an ordinance amending the Green Building Code to establish energy performance requirements for certain new building construction under the California Health and Safety Code and the California Public Resources Code. | Policy |
| San Mateo County | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | County | 2020 | San Mateo County unanimously approved an all-electric reach code, one of the strongest codes in the region. The ordinance requires that no "natural" gas or propane plumbing is installed in new buildings, and that electricity be used as the energy source for water heating, space heating, cooking, and clothes drying appliances. This is the strongest reach code that has been passed by a county government. | Policy |
| City of Santa Cruz | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2020 | Requires all electric new construction with exemptions for projects that are deemed to be in the public interest and for restaurant cooking. | Policy |
| City of Alameda | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted a limit on natural gas infrastructure for new residential construction on city-owned property, which is a large portion of the undeveloped land on the island. | Policy |
| City of Berkeley | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council unanimously passed a ban on fossil gas hook-ups in new multi-family construction, with allowances for first-floor retail and certain large structures. Berkeley is the first U.S. city to ban gas hook-ups in new buildings on the grounds of public health and safety. | Policy |
| City of Brisbane | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council passed a mandatory all electric reach code for new construction requiring pre-wiring throughout the building to enable a transition off gas. | Policy |
| City of Carlsbad | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted a water heating ordinance requiring non-gas water heating in all new low-rise (below four stories) residential construction. | Policy |
| City of Davis | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council passed an electrification reach code that requires higher energy efficiency standards and electrification readiness in mixed fuel buildings. | Policy |
| City of Healdsburg | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council passed a strong building electrification reach code for new construction that requires electrification for most appliances, with exemption from electrification for gas cooking and fireplaces. | Policy |
| City of Menlo Park | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted a strong reach code that requires all-electric new construction for all (single-family and multifamily, including high-rise) as well as new commercial buildings. Menlo Park was the first city to require electric appliances within their reach code | Policy |
| City of Milpitas | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted an electrification preference ordinance for new construction with higher energy-efficiency requirements for mixed fuel buildings and an electrification readiness provision for transitioning off gas to all electric. | Policy |
| City of Morgan Hill | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council passed a gas prohibition ordinance based on the city’s police powers to ban gas on health and safety grounds and immediately impacts many buildings. | Policy |
| City of Mountain View | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to require electrification for new residential and commercial buildings, with no exemptions for gas stoves, fireplaces, or fire pits in residential buildings, although restaurants may request an exemption. Mountain View is home to Google and other large technology companies. | Policy |
| City of Pacifica | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted an ordinance requiring new construction to use some appliances to be electrified, with exceptions for others. | Policy |
| City of Palo Alto | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to adopt a reach code encouraging all-electric construction. The Council also directed city staff to craft multiple ordinances prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in new construction to take effect in 2020. | Policy |
| City of San Jose | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted a building electrification code to encourage all-electric construction by requiring new buildings with gas achieve higher energy-efficiency standards and be electrification ready, and later prohibiting new gas hook-ups for new low-rise residential buildings and new municipal buildings. San Jose is the 10th largest city in the U.S. | Policy |
| City of San Luis Obispo | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council voted to adopt an ordinance in September 2019 that requires energy efficiency and “electrification-readiness” to enable electrification in all new construction, including a fee on new mixed-fuel buildings gas consumption to finance electrification. | Policy |
| City of San Mateo | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council adopted an electrification reach code that requires energy efficiency standards for new construction that uses gas and adds additional rooftop photovoltaic and electric vehicle-charging requirements. | Policy |
| City of Santa Monica | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to adopt a building electrification reach code for all new residential and commercial construction that requires additional energy efficiency measures for new buildings with gas. | Policy |
| City of Santa Rosa | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to pass an all-electric reach code for new construction. Santa Rosa is recovering after the tragic fires of 2018 and city council members said building electrification is key to climate resilience. | Policy |
| City of Windsor | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | City Council voted 4-0 to adopt a reach code in September 2019 that mandates all-electric new construction for new low-rise residential buildings, including single-family homes, multi-family below four stories, and detached accessory dwelling units. | Policy |
| Marin County | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | County | 2019 | Board of Supervisors voted in 2019 to update its 2018 reach code for unincorporated parts of the county, with 3 compliance pathways: all electric construction (most affordable pathway is all electric with no additional energy efficiency requirements), limited mixed fuel (fewer efficiency requirements due to less gas use) construction, and mixed fuel construction (requires strict compliance with Cal Green Tier 1 and electrification readiness requirements). | Policy |
| Town of Los Gatos | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town | 2019 | City Council passed an all electric reach code for new construction, requiring electrification for all single family and low-rise multifamily buildings. | Policy |
| Town of Mill Valley | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town | 2019 | City Council recently passed a strong electrification preference ordinance for new construction. | Policy |
| Town of Saratoga | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town | 2019 | City Council passed an electrification ordinance with mandatory electrification requirements for some buildings and electrification incentives for others. | Policy |
| City of Half-Moon Bay | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2022 | Adopted a Building Electrification Ordinance on February 15, 2022 that:Requires all new building construction to be electric-only – no gas or propane in new constructionRestricts any existing all-electric residential building from adding gas or propaneRequires Fuel Gas lines are capped/decommissioned in existing buildings by 2045 | Policy |
| City of Antioch | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | Antioch city council unanimously (5-0) voted to adopt a city ordinance that banned oil and gas drilling throughout the city. The ordinance specifically prohibits oil and gas drilling, production, and exploratory activities within the M-2 industrial and the S “study” zones of the city. | Policy |
| City of Antioch | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | Introduction to Ordinance Amending the Antioch Municipal Code Sections 9-5.3803 and 9-5.3834 to Prohibit Oil and Gas Drilling, Production, and Exploratory Operations as Permitted Uses in the M-2 and S Zones | Policy |
| City of Antioch | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | Resolution Urging Contra Costa County to Enact Immediate Measures to Phase out Existing Oil and Gas Operations on County Lands, and to Prohibit Any New Drilling, May 10, 2022 | Policy |
| City of Brentwood | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | Urgency Ordinance Extending, for an Additional Period of 10 Months and 15 Days, a Moratorium on New Oil and Gas Development in the City at Brentwood , May 24, 2022 (PDF pages 1475-1481; packet pages 1406-1412) | Policy |
| City of Los Angeles | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | LA city council unanimously voted to ban new oil wells and phase out existing ones. Oil wells were declared “non-conforming” to city use of land and established a commission to investigate 5,200 current idle and active wells in city limits. | Policy |
| City of Pinole | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pinole, County of Contra Costa, State of California, Urging Contra Costa County to Enact Immediate Measures to Phase Out Existing Oil and Gas Operations on County Lands and to Prohibit Any New Drilling, Resolution No. 2023 – XX, February 7, 2023 (PDF pages 65-67, Attachment B) | Policy |
| City of Richmond | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2022 | Resolution of the Council of the City of Richmond, California, Encouraging Contra Costa County to End New Permitting of Oil and Gas Drilling in Contra Costa County and Phase out Existing Oil and Gas Development Activities and Associated Infrastructure, June 21, 2022 | Policy |
| City of Culver City | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2020 | Culver City city council unanimously passed a Resolution to phase out oil drilling, properly cap and remediate the site and develop a plan to enact a just transition for workers within 5 years. (October 2020) | Policy |
| City of Culver City | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2020 | City Council voted unanimously (5-0) to create a plan to phase out oil drilling in the Culver City portion of the Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oilfield in the U.S., after commissioning an amortization study in 2018. (August 2020) | Policy |
| City of Los Angeles | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2020 | LA City Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Justice Committee Members unanimously voted to draft an ordinance making oil and gas drilling a non-conforming use throughout the entire city and commission an amortization study determining a timeline to phase out oil and gas production to allow for a just transition for workers. | Policy |
| Los Angeles County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2020 | LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously (5-0) passed a Just Transition motion to enact a just-transition task force focused on plugging and remediating nonproductive oil wells in unincorporated parts of the county. | Policy |
| City of Culver City | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2018 | City Council commissioned an amortization study on phasing out oil drilling within the city, which is located atop of the largest urban oilfield in the U.S. | Policy |
| Alameda County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2016 | Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban fracking following protests of several thousand residents. | Policy |
| Butte County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2016 | Referendum to ban fracking countywide passed by 71 percent of voters after the Board of Supervisors failed to bass a ban. | Policy |
| City of Carson | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2016 | City Council unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on all new drilling in 2014. A law to ban fracking introduced in 2016 was withdrawn upon concerns of being preempted by state law and after reaching settlement agreements with operators enabled city to shut down unapproved fracking sites. | Policy |
| Monterey County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2016 | Measure to ban fracking, injection of wastewater into oil wells and production of new oil wells was passed by 56 percent of voters. A legal challenge by several oil companies was settled in 2018, leaving the fracking ban in place. | Policy |
| City of Hermosa Beach | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2015 | Ballot measure that would have lifted the city’s 1995 ban on oil drilling was overwhelmingly defeated by 79.5 percent of voters with record turnout. | Policy |
| City of Beverly Hills | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2014 | City Council unanimously passed a ban on all fracking, acidization, and well-stimulation techniques, including from outside city limits to extract oil and gas from underneath the city. | Policy |
| City of Compton | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2014 | City Council adopted a moratorium on fracking, acidizing, and any form of well-stimulation, which it later rescinded after a lawsuit from the Western States Petroleum Association. | Policy |
| City of Los Angeles | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2014 | City Council voted unanimously to direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to prohibit fracking, acidizing, and other drilling techniques in Los Angeles, although no ordinance has been enacted. | Policy |
| City of La Habra Heights | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City | 2014 | A ballot initiative to prohibit land use for all new oil and gas well development in the city will be placed on the March 2015 ballot. | Policy |
| Mendocino County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2014 | Initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing and other stimulation activity passed by 69.5 percent of voters. | Policy |
| San Benito County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2014 | Measure J to ban hydraulic fracturing, gas and oil drilling, and acid well stimulation and cyclic steam injection passed by 59 percent of voters. Citadel filed a lawsuit, but later dropped it in 2015. | Policy |
| Santa Cruz County | Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | County | 2014 | Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban fracking and all oil and gas development in the county. | Policy |
| City of Hayward | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2021 | City of Hayward switched all municipals accounts to East Bay Community Energy’s to Renewable 100, a 100 percent renewable electricity product | |
| City of Hayward | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2020 | City of Hayward City Council adopted new greenhouse gas emission targets of 30% below 2005 levels by 2025, 55% below 2005 levels by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2045 | |
| City of Berkeley | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2020 | City of Berkeley voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry in 2013 and recently divested all City funds held in fossil fuel companies or companies that provide direct financing or on-going lines of credit for the funding of fossil fuel infrastructure. | Resolution |
| City of Los Angeles | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2020 | Mayor Garcetti requested the city’s pension boards to explore risk factors with fossil fuel investments and opportunities for shifting investments to low-carbon and renewable energy investments. | Policy |
| San Francisco | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City and County | 2016 | San Francisco’s Better Roofs Ordinance: Effective January 1st, 2017, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to mandate solar and living roofs on most new construction. With the passage of this legislation, between 15% and 30% of roof space on most new construction projects will incorporate solar, living roofs, or a combination of both. This project is part of the Climate Resilience component of the Resilience and Sustainability program. | Policy |
| Redway Community Services District | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | 2019 | Voted to divest from direct and indirect investments in fossil fuel companies, and to shift investments to sustainable and renewable energy companies and local sustainability projects. | Resolution | |
| Sonoma County | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | County | 2019 | Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to divest from fossil fuels companies and socially and environmentally problematic companies, including Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas. | Resolution |
| City of Fremont | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2018 | City Council voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry, and to support other californian sustainability projects. | Resolution |
| City of Los Angeles | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2018 | City announced it will not renew a banking contract with Wells Fargo over the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Resolution |
| San Francisco | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City and County | 2020 | In 2013 the City of San Francisco voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment. They received backlash for their lack of action after. In 2018 the SFERS Retirement Board approved a plan to reduce investments in the fossil fuel industry, but so far only in five companies. In 2020, they voted in favor of an updated Climate Action Plan so the SFERS portfolio will be net carbon zero by 2050. | Resolution |
| City of San Leandro | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2018 | Issued a request for proposals for a full-service bank to replace Wells Fargo. In 2017, the City Council voted unanimously to sell a $700,000 corporate bond from Wells Fargo and severe ties with the bank in response to the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Resolution |
| City of Santa Monica | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2018 | City Council voted to divest from Wells Fargo, including $4.6 million in bonds, in response to the bank’s funding of Dakota Access Pipeline and to revise its investment policy prohibit investing in institutions financing fossil fuel companies | Resolution |
| University of California | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | University | 2018 | Administration announced a decision to reallocate $500 million away from investments in fossil fuel companies and cease new investments in oil and gas assets. | Resolution |
| City of Alameda | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2017 | City Council voted unanimously to divest $36 million from Wells Fargo over the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Resolution |
| City of Davis | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2017 | City Council voted unanimously to divest $124 million from Wells Fargo over the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline | Resolution |
| City of Sunnyvale | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2016 | City of Sunnyvale voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| City of Palo Alto | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2015 | City of Palo Alto voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| City of San Luis Obispo | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2015 | City of San Luis Obispo passed a comprehensive divestment plan to divest from fossil fuel companies. | Resolution |
| City of Brisbane | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2014 | City of Brisbane voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| City of Oakland | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2014 | City of Oakland voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| Town of Fairfax | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Town | 2014 | Town of Fairfax voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| City of Richmond | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2013 | City of Richmond voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| City of Santa Monica | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City | 2013 | City of Santa Monica voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution |
| Santa Clara Valley Water District | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | 2013 | Santa Clara Valley Water District unanimous vote to divest from 200 of the top fossil fuel companies. | Resolution | |
| City of Oakland | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City | 2019 | Oakland filed their opening brief in their Ninth Circuit appeal of the dismissal of their climate change nuisance action against oil and gas companies. | Case |
| San Francisco | Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City and County | 2018 | Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to urge the insurance industry to divest from coal and tar sands industries; and to end the underwriting of activities in furtherance of the extraction or use of coal and tar sands. | Resolution |
| City of Richmond | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City | 2018 | City filed suit in California Superior Court against 29 fossil fuel companies for knowingly contributing to climate change and seeking damages for taxpayer costs of adapting to climate change | Case |
| City of Imperial Beach | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City | 2017 | City filed suit in California Superior Court against 37 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for knowingly causing sea level rise and coastal flooding, and for seeking to discredit scientific evidence | Case |
| City of Oakland | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City | 2017 | City filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against five oil and gas companies alleging that the carbon emissions from their fossil fuel production had created an unlawful public nuisance | Case |
| City of Santa Cruz | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City | 2017 | City filed suit against 29 fossil fuel company seeking damages in California Superior Court for costs of adapting to climate change and impacts of sea level rise, hydrologic cycle disruption, and resulting increases in severe weather, drought, and wildfires. | Case |
| Marin County | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | County | 2017 | County filed suit in California Superior Court against 37 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for knowingly causing sea level rise and coastal flooding, and for seeking to discredit scientific evidence | Case |
| San Francisco | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City and County | 2019 | San Francisco filed their opening brief in their Ninth Circuit appeal of the dismissal of their climate change nuisance action against oil and gas companies. | Case |
| San Mateo County | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | County | 2017 | County filed suit in California Superior Court against 37 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for knowingly causing sea level rise and coastal flooding, and for seeking to discredit scientific evidence | Case |
| Santa Cruz County | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | County | 2017 | County filed suit in California Superior Court against 29 fossil fuel company seeking damages for costs of adapting to climate change and impacts of sea level rise, hydrologic cycle disruption, and resulting increases in severe weather, drought, and wildfires. | Case |
| City of Petaluma | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City | 2021 | City Council voted unanimously to ban new gas stations and the addition of more gas pumps to existing stations, amending their zoning code to prohibit new fossil fuel gas stations and transition existing stations to serve Zero Emission Vehicles. | Policy |
| City of Los Angeles | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City | 2019 | Mayor Garcetti announced that Los Angeles will abandon its plan to rebuild 3 aging gas-fired power plants along its coast and will phase them out by 2029, and invest in renewable energy sources. | |
| City of Los Angeles | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City | 2019 | Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Gil Cedillo announced the termination of an oil and gas lease agreement at the St. James Controlled Drill Site in the University Park neighborhood, permanently closing a portion of the drill site. | |
| Ventura County | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | County | 2019 | Board of Supervisors issued an emergency 45 day moratorium on drilling of new wells and re-drilling of current wells near Fox Canyon Aquifer after USGS scientists found petroleum-related gases in wells supplying irrigation water on the Oxnard Plain. | Policy |
| City of Redondo Beach | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City | 2017 | Mayor announced plans to close an AES power plant by 2020 and redevelop the 50 acres of land that it sits on. In 2013, the City Council unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on power plant construction and successfully blocked AES from proceeding with its plan to repower the Harbor Drive plant. | |
| San Luis Obispo County | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | County | 2017 | Board of Supervisors denied Phillips 66’s proposal to build a rail spur to deliver 6.6 million gallons of crude oil by rail each week to its Nipomo Mesa refinery. Phillips 66 filed a lawsuit in response, which it later dropped. | Policy |
| City of Oxnard | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City | 2014 | City Council passed a moratorium on new power plant construction on city beaches. In 2017 the city successfully blocked construction of the Puente Power Project, a proposed gas-fired electrical generating station on Mandalay Beach. | |
| California | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | State | 2023 | Senate Bill endorsing Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Policy |
| City of Richmond | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2022 | Endorsement of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Resolution |
| City of Sebastopol | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2022 | City Council approved endorsement of a call for an international treaty to phase out fossil fuels. | Motion |
| City of Hayward | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Resolution committing to setting science based greenhouse gases emission targets and implementing inclusive and reislient climate action as part of the Cities Race to Zero movement | Resolution |
| City of Hayward | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Resolution committing to policies opposing fossil fuel expansion and accelerating the clean energy transition as part of the SAFE Cities movement, and endorsing the call for a global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Resolution |
| City of Los Angeles | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Endorsement of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Resolution |
| City of Santa Ana | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Endorsement of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, achieve 100% clean energy by 2025, investigate zero GHG emissions by 2030. | Resolution |
| Alameda County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Carmel-by-the-Sea | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Cayucos Citizen Advisory Council | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | |
| City of Arcata | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of San Luis Obispo | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing a proposed project to truck and pipe crude oil from offshore platforms through San Luis Obispo County | Resolution |
| City of Berkeley | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Hayward | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | City of Hayward declared a climate emergency and requested regional collaboration on an immediate just transition and emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe climate | Resolution |
| City of Capitola | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Carlsbad | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Chula Vista | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Costa Mesa | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling fracking | Resolution |
| City of Carpinteria | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Culver City | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Dana Point | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Cotati | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | City Council voted unanimously to oppose the issuance of new leases for oil exploration in federal waters. | Resolution |
| City of El Segundo | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Encinitas | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Del Mar | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Sent letter to California congressional delegation opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Escondido | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Fort Bragg | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Goleta | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Grover Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Half-Moon Bay | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Hayward | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Imperial Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Monterey | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Sent letter to federal officials opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Laguna Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Los Angeles | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Malibu | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Manhattan Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Marina | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Morro Bay | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Norwalk | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Oakland | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Pismo Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Oceanside | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Rancho Palos Verdes | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Sent letter to federal officials opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Ojai | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Oxnard | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Pacific Grove | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of San Leandro | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Pacifica | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Pacifica City Council passed a resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Pacifica | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Petaluma | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Point Arena | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Ventura | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution and sent letter to Sen. Feinstein and Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| City of Redondo Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Richmond | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of San Diego | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of San Luis Obispo | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Santa Barbara | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Los Osos Community Service District | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | |
| City of Santa Clarita | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Santa Cruz | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Scotts Valley | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Solana Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Trinidad | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Vista | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| City of Watsonville | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of West Hollywood | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| City of Windsor | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| Contra Costa County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| Humboldt County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| Los Angeles County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Marin County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Mendocino County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| Monterey County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| San Diego County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| San Francisco | Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City and County | 2017 | San Francisco filed suit in California Superior Court against five large oil and gas companies alleging that the carbon emissions from their fossil fuel production had created an unlawful public nuisance | Case |
| San Mateo County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Santa Barbara County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Sonoma County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Town of Windsor | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Town | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| Venice Neighborhood Council | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Neighborhood | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| San Luis Obispo County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2017 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution |
| Ventura County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution |
| Arroyo Grande | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | City Council recommended the Mayor send a letter to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in opposition to fracking. | Resolution |
| City of Sebastopol | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | City Council unanimously passed resolution in opposition to fracking in the state of California | Resolution |
| Los Angeles Community College District | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Community College District | 2013 | Board of Trustees passed a resolution urging the CA DOC to pass a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution |
| Marin County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2013 | Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution calling for a ban on fracking | Resolution |
| Southern California Air Quality Management District | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Air Quality Management District | 2013 | The AQMD requires notification and a chemical report for well stimulation activities. | Resolution |
| University of California, Berkeley | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | University | 2013 | Passed a resolution calling on the Governor to ban hydraulic fracturing | Resolution |
| City of Santa Monica | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2012 | City Council passed a resolution urging DOGGR to place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing statewide and develop protective regulations | Resolution |
| City of Culver City | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2012 | City Council passed a resolution urging the California DOC Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to ban hydraulic fracturing | Resolution |
| Mar Vista Community Council | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Community | 2012 | Community Council recommended a ban on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution |
| Rampart Village Neighborhood Council | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Neighborhood | 2012 | Neighborhood Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting the City of Los Angeles resolution to urge the CA DOC to place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution |
| City of Berkeley | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2011 | City Council passed a resolution calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution |
| Santa Barbara County | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | County | 2011 | The county requires companies to apply for a special permit from the county planning commission | Resolution |
| City of Ukiah | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 1988 | Passed a resolution opposing new offshore oil and gas drilling in the Pacific Ocean | Resolution |
| Ventura County | Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | County | 2020 | Ventura County Board of Supervisors officially adopted a General Plan update with drilling setbacks of 2,500ft for schools and 1,500ft for homes. The Board voted to study raising setbacks to 2,500ft for homes by 2022. The General Plan update includes a ban on gas hookups in new homes, the creation of a climate emergency council, and a ban on new flaring and trucking of fluids from wells. | Policy |
| City of Arvin | Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City | 2018 | City Council adopted a prohibition on new oil and gas development within 300 feet of sensitive areas such as hospitals and schools, and restrictions on new operations within 600 feet of sensitive areas. Arvin is in Kern County, California’s largest oil-producing county. | Policy |
| City of Los Angeles | Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City | 2018 | Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and City Council commissioned a 2018 report from L.A. County Department of Public Health that documents the adverse health impacts of the county’s more than 3,400 active oil wells. The City Council is considering setbacks on drilling from residential areas. | Report |
| City of Huntington Beach | Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City | 1990 | Title 15 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code enacted drilling setbacks of 300 feet of any building used for public assembly, institution or school | Policy |
| City of Beverly Hills | Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City | 1979 | City Municipal Code 10-5 regulates oil and gas production prohibiting any oil operation unless permitted by the City, and seeks reasonable and uniform limitations and controls for the drilling of oil and gas. | Policy |
| City of Los Angeles | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2022 | Starting April 23, 2023, no food, beverage or retail establishment with more than 26 employees can distribute select EPS products. The policy includes exemptions for certain types of facilities. The policy expands to all covered establishments, regardless of size, in April 2024. | Ordinance |
| City of Los Angeles | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2013 | Single-Use Carryout Bag Ban with $0.10 fee per recyclable paper bag in June 2013 effective for large supermarkets in January 2014 and expanded to drug stores, convenience stores, and other types of smaller food markets in July 2014. This ordinance (182604) applies to specified retail stores or “Stores” in the City, including large retailers (full-line self-serve retail stores with two million dollars, or more, in gross annual sales, and stores of at least 10,000 square feet of retail space that generate sales or use tax), and small retailers (supermarkets, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience food stores, food marts, pharmacies, or other entities engaged in the retail sale of a limited-line of goods that include milk, bread, soda, and snack food, including those stores that sell alcohol). | Ordinance |
| City of Los Angeles | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2022 | Enacted ordinance extending the prohibitions in the Single-Use Carryout BagOrdinance to additional retailers, such as apparel stores, farmers’ markets, food andbeverage facilities, hardware stores, and open air markets. | Ordinance |
| City of Los Angeles | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2022 | Enacted ordinance taking effect in 2023, directing the city government to limit single-use plastic products and promote waste diversion at its own facilities, or events held on city property. The policy contains numerous provisions focused on areas such as edible food recovery, recycling access for organics and packaging, reusable foodware and limiting the use of paper towels in restrooms. | Ordinance |
| City of Los Angeles | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2021 | Disposable Foodware Accessories on Request/Disposable Foodware Accessories and Plastic Drinking Straws ordinance. Since November 15, 2021, food and beverage facilities that utilize third party ordering platforms in Los Angeles and that have more than 26 employees may provide disposable foodware accessories and condiment packets to a dine-in or take-out customer ONLY if the customer requests them. As of April 22, 2022, all other food or beverage facilities in Los Angeles must be in compliance with the requirements of this ordinance. | Ordinance |
| City of Los Angeles | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | Disposable Plastic Drinking Straws/Plastic Straws-on-Request ordinance. Since April 22, 2019, food or beverage facilities in Los Angeles that have more than 26 employees may provide a disposable plastic* straw to a dine-in or take-out customer ONLY if the customer requests one. Food or beverage facilities may not automatically provide a disposable plastic straw to drive-through or delivery customers, but may ask those customers if they want one. As of October 1, 2019, all other food or beverage facilities must be in compliance with the requirements of the ordinance. Licensed Health Facilities, as defined in Section 1250 of the California Health and Safety Code, are exempt from the requirements of this ordinance. | Ordinance |
| City of San Diego | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2019 | Single Use Plastic Reduction ordinance to reduce EPS foam products and plastic utensils. Food vendors may only offer utensils or straws made from plastic or bio-plastic on request. Its effective date was delayed by a lawsuit led by Dart and local restaurant representatives. That issue was settled following the completion of an environmental impact report, allowing the San Diego City Council to proceed. The ordinance will take effect in early 2023, though a council report states that “many restaurants and other venues have already switched from polystyrene foam to alternative products due to environmental concerns and customer demand.” | Ordinance |
| City of Oakland | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | Passed resolution opposing using existing rail lines to transport hazardous crude oil, coal and petcoke along California watenA/ays, natural habitats,through densely populated areas, through the East Bay and Oakland, through special districtsand the Port of Oakland. | Resolution |
| City of Morro Bay | Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City | 1986 | Passed Measure C/Ordinance 297 probhibiting offshore oil development support facilities within Morro Bay and requiring zoning changes to accomodate onshore support facilities for offshore oil development to be submitted to a vote of the people of the City of Morro Bay | Policy |
| City of Davis | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | Passed resolution opposing transportation of crude oil through the City of Davis and adjacent habitat areas | Resolution |
| City of Eureka | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed a resolution opposing both new offshore oil and gas drilling and fracking in the Pacific Ocean. | Resolution |
| Town of Fairfax | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Town | 2020 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities, including seismic airgun blasting | Resolution |
| City of Newport Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Passed resolution supporting a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling | Resolution |
| City of Huntington Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities and supporting a permanent ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling, fracking, and other well stimulation in federal and state waters off the California coast and no new federal oil and gas leasing in all US waters. | Resolution |
| City of San Clemente | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling, fracking, and related techniques | Resolution |
| City of National City | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil | |
| City of Hermosa Beach | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil | Resolution |
| City of Martinez | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | Resolution Opposing Hazardous Crude-by-Rail (CBR) in Martinez | Resolution |
| City of Berkeley | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | Resolution passed opposing using existing Union Pacific rail lines to transport hazardous crude along California waterways, through densely populated areas, through the East Bay and Berkeley | Resolution |
| City of Richmond | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2014 | Passed resolution calling on Congressional delegation to take steps to halt the movement of crude oil in the U.S. until thismode of transport is fully regulated such that the health, welfare and safety of people and the environment are protected | Resolution |
| City of Santa Ana | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City | 2021 | Passed climate emergency and environmental justice resolution. The resolution established clear processes to reduce the city’s dependence on fossil fuels, remove lead from soil, expand green spaces, and bring jobs into their community. This resolution also made Santa Ana just the fourth city in the U.S. to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and brought their city into alignment with the SAFE Cities movement’s goal of stopping new fossil fuel infrastructure and implementing a just transition. | Resolution |
| City of Sacramento | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2021 | New Building Electrification Ordinance. New construction under 3 stories needs to be all-electric starting in 2023, and all construction will need to meet the same requirements beginning in 2026. | Ordinance |
| City of Berkeley | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 1988 | Expanded plastic foam food package ordinance to include nearly all foam cups, plates and hamburger holders starting in 1990. Only exception would be retail foam products such as picnic plates and cups. Two years before the ban takes effect, restaurants and food vendors will be asked to voluntarily stop using the products and take other steps to reduce litter and garbage. | Policy? |
| City of Berkeley | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 1978 | Banned plastic foam food packages containing chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, chemical compounds linked to the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer. | Policy? |
| City of Sacramento | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2022 | Updated New Building Electrification Ordinance to New Building Electrification Ordinance with the 2022 California Building Code. | Ordinance |
| City of Antioch | Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City | 2024 | Antioch mayor pledges to work toward public investment in clean energy, reject fossil fuels | |
| Brentwood city countil passed by unanimous vote an ordinance banning oil and gas drilling | Ordnance | ||||
| San Francisco | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City and County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution |
| San Francisco | Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City and County | 2019 | Resolution declaring a Climate Emergency in San Francisco, and requesting immediate and accelerated action to address the climate crisis and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Call for further investigations into actions that will "achieve deep emission reductions at emergency speed" and "avoids further investment of public dollars in fossil-fuel reliant infrastructure when there are clean energy alternatives" | Resolution |
Schedule
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Reception – Grange Restaurant (Citizen Hotel)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 – CEC Warren-Alquist Building
9:00 am – 9:30 am Networking
9:30 am – 9:45 am Doors Open
9:45 am – 10:00 am Welcome and Overview
10:00 am – 10:30 am Keynote: Siva Gunda, CEC Vice Chair
10:30 am – 11:00 am Floating Offshore Wind – Dr. Habib Dagher
11:00 am – 11:30 am Keynote: David Chiu, San Francisco City Attorney
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Windfall Profit Cap: Jamie Court, President/Chair of Consumer Watch Dog
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Networking (catered lunch onsite)
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Accelerating Offshore Wind in California
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Climate Emergency and Energy Security
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Networking Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Just Transition to a Clean Energy Economy
4:00 pm Close
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm EOPA CA Leadership Council meeting
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner (Private Dinning Room Citizen Hotel)
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Venue
Rosenfeld Hearing Room
- Location: Warren-Alquist State Energy Building
- December 5,2022
- 09:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Day Two
California State Capitol
Room: TBD
- Location: State Capitol Building
- December 6, 2022
- 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.