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AB 345 (Muratsuchi)
California does not currently restrict how close oil and gas extraction activities can occur in proximity to sensitive receptors such as schools, homes, and hospitals. On November 19, 2019, the California Department of Conservation's Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) issued a press release announcing its intent to "establish a transparent set of rules designed to protect residents and communities near oil and gas extraction sites." CalGEM stated that it planned to "consider a range of protective measures, including prohibiting oil and gas activities within close proximity of homes, schools, hospitals, and parks."
AB 345, authored by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, provides criteria to help guide CalGEM's rulemaking process to protect residents and communities near oil and gas extraction sites. AB 345 specifically includes measures to enhance public participation, establish resources for community groups to participate, and to direct CalGEM to establish a minimum setback distance between oil and gas activities and sensitive receptors.
Click here to read the full text of AB 345.
Supporters (Updated 4/14/2020)
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (Sponsor)
Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods (Sponsor)
350 Bay Area Action
350 Riverside
350 Silicon Valley
350 San Diego
350 South Bay Los Angeles
5 Gyres Institute
7th Generation Advisors
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Amazon Watch
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Audubon California
Breast Cancer Action
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
California Environmental Justice Alliance
California Federation of Teachers
California Interfaith Power & Light
California League of Conservation Voters
Californians Against Fracking
California Releaf
California School Employees Association
California State PTA
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Environmental Health
Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research, and Education (COARE)
Central California Asthma Collaborative
Central California Environmental Justice Network
Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ)
Clean Water Action
The Climate Center
Climate Hawks Vote
Coalition for Clean Air
Comite Progreso de Lamont
Committee for a Better Arvin
Committee for a Better Shafter
Committee for Green Foothills
Consumer Watchdog
Courage Campaign
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
Earthworks
EJ 58 of Cafe Coop
Environment California
Environmental Health Coalition
Environmental Working Group
Fathers and Families of San Joaquin
FracTracker Alliance
Friends of the Earth
Fossil Free California
Greenfield Walking Group
Greenlining Institute
Greenpeace, Inc.
Hastings Environmental Law Association
Indivisible South Bay LA
Kiss the Ground
Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability
Mi Familia Vota
Mothers Out Front
National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
NextGen California
Oil Change International
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Promesa Boyle Heights
Sierra Club California
SoCal 350 Climate Action
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
Students for Economic and Environmental Justice (SEEJ)
Sunflower Alliance
Sunrise Movement Bay Area
Transition Albany
Voices for Progress