California Energy Journal

California Energy Journal

Oil

Constitutional Challenges to Oil Buffer Zone Law

May 01, 2025
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Oil producers and mineral owners have filed two lawsuits challenging California’s law that bans well maintenance and new drilling within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, and other “sensitive receptors.” The suits challenge the constitutionality of SB 1137, arguing, among other issues, that it is an illegal public taking of private property without just com…

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