CA spends $25B/yr on foreign oil from countries that ignore our strict environmental and safety standards. #SB237 is a strong effort toward reversing that dependency. We can do it here, with CA workers, under the state's labor, health, and environmental laws. #ProduceItHere

CA-produced oil is the only climate-compliant oil in the world. If we continue to block in-state production, we risk refinery closures, higher gas prices, and the loss of 55,000 good-paying CA jobs. It's time to let CA workers produce that oil here, under the world's strictest

Today, the #CALeg voted to pass #SB237, a long-overdue measure to strengthen CA's domestic oil production and reduce reliance on costly foreign oil imports. SB 237 now heads to the Governor for his signature. SB 237 streamlines permitting in Kern County and ensures Californians

Assemblymember Alexandra Macedo warns that refinery shutdowns and a decline in in-state oil production are pushing CA toward an energy and economic crisis. If CA allows more energy infrastructure to close, prices will rise, and dependence on foreign oil will deepen.

While too many lawmakers continue chasing an unrealistic “post-oil” agenda, #SB767 proves that smart preparation beats crisis management every time. CA should be writing more policies like this one, policies that protect infrastructure, safeguard jobs, and keep the state’s

#SB237 is a step in the right direction, but more must be done to produce oil here in California and keep refineries open. "We can produce more crude with these permits, but we have to have a customer to buy it, and our customers are the refineries," said Rock Zierman, CEO of

As local refining disappears, the state becomes even more dependent on fuel shipped in from thousands of miles away. CA already spends $25 billion every year to import oil. How much more will we pay to import refined gasoline and diesel? #ProduceItHere bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Two California #refineries are actively shutting down. California oil producers’ only customers are in-state refineries. Without some significant change, California will remain an expensive outlier in America’s energy economy. #ProduceItHere

CA imports more than 75% of the oil it consumes, despite sitting atop abundant reserves. Petroleum still provides 47% of all energy consumed, while natural gas adds another 33%. Yet Sacramento continues to pursue a policy of self-inflicted scarcity. #ProduceItHere

The message is clear: California cannot stabilize gasoline prices while refineries and pipelines are being shut down. We cannot meet climate goals by exporting production to regimes with dirtier barrels and weaker safeguards. Policymakers cannot tax, regulate and litigate