TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Board of Supervisors
MEETING DATE: January 10, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Dan Gjerde
PHONE:
463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Dan Hamburg
PHONE:
463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Letter to President Obama in Opposition of Off-Shore Oil Drilling Off the California Coastline and Urging a Permanent Ban, and Stressing the Importance of the Mendocino Coast (Sponsors: Supervisors Gjerde and Hamburg)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve letter to President Obama in opposition of off-shore oil drilling off the California coastline and urging a permanent ban, and stressing the importance of the Mendocino Coast; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has historically opposed off-shore oil drilling, most recently, on May 11, 2011, the Board authorized the transmission of a letter to the Governor in opposition of off-shore oil drilling off the California coastline, and stressing the importance of the Mendocino Coast. Other related actions by the Board were taken on February 6, 2001 (Resolution 01-030); April 4, 2006 (Resolution No. 06-044); July 24, 2007; April 7, 2009.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
In mid-December 2016, Governor Brown again requested the President for a permanent ban on new drilling off the California coastline. The Governor implored the President to leave a landmark environmental legacy and asked for a permanent ban on all new offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters off California's coast before he leaves office next month.
Given this was the first time that the Governor has asked the President for such a sweeping ban, it would be appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to renew the County's request for such ban and urge that it also be permanent. In recent weeks, environmental groups and Democratic members of Congress, including Cali...
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