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<h1>Court shoots down Monterey County’s oil drilling ban</h1>
<h5>August 5, 2023 </h5>
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<p>The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that counties cannot ban oil drilling because regulating oil production is the job of state regulators.</p>
<p>In 2016, 56% of Monterey County voters supported an ordinance banning new oil drilling and certain extraction methods. Chevron and other oil drilling companies then filed a court challenge to Measure Z.</p>
<p>The plaintiff’s argued Measure Z promoters misled voters by promoting a fracking ban, even though there is no fracking in Monterey County. Fracking is a process used to extract oil deposits in shale at depths of more than 10,000 feet while most oil on the Central Coast is located at depths of under 4,000 feet.</p>
<p>Even so, the court allowed the fracking ban to remain. The state is currently planning to stop issuing fracking permits in 2024.</p>
<p>“Chevron is pleased that this decision brings an end to seven years of litigation and appeals,” according to a statement by Jeffrey Dintzer, a lawyer representing Chevron.</p>
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