California’s Oil and Gas Industry Provides $338 Billion Reasons to Support -

Newsom has worked hard as governor to kill off the California economy. He has raised taxes, given tens of billions to illegal aliens, made sure government education was a failure—and by his silence, promoted Jew Hate on college campuses. As part of this he has limited the supply of water and energy—at the same time raised the cost of water and energy so they become a budget buster for most families. The cost of gas in California is about DOUBLE that of the rest of the nation.

Now he is trying to close down the oil industry—totally.

“In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, and curbed steam-injected oil drilling. extractive methods long opposed by environmentalists.

Under the new initiatives:

New permits for fracking will be subject to independent scientific review by experts at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the permitting process will be audited by the state Department of Finance to study compliance with state law.
A moratorium is imposed prohibiting new underground oil-extraction wells from using a high-pressure cyclic steaming process.
New rules will be established to protect public safety “including prohibiting oil and gas activities within close proximity of homes, schools, hospitals, and parks.”

In 2021, Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Monique Limon (D-Santa Barbara), introduced Senate Bill 467 to halt all hydraulic fracturing resource extraction. Under SB 467, new or renewed permits to conduct hydraulic fracturing, acid well stimulation treatment, steam flooding, water flooding, or cyclic steaming for the extraction of oil and gas would be prohibited beginning in January 2022. Gov. Newsom signed SB 467 into law in 2022.”

The worse part, by tanking the California economy, he is also tanking the economies of Arizona and Nevada—this si a serial economy killer. On this record he will run for President.

California’s Oil and Gas Industry Provides $338 Billion Reasons to Support

Gov. Newsom is single handedly sending California into energy poverty, rather than economic and energy prosperity

By Katy Grimes, California Globe, 4/28/25 https://californiaglobe.com/fl/californias-oil-and-gas-industry-provides-338-billion-reasons-to-support/

What a difference a presidential administration makes.

In “Welcome to Saudi America,” economist Stephen Moore writes, “Thanks to the fracking and horizontal drilling revolution, the U.S. has retaken the lead in global oil production. In 15 years, domestic oil production has roughly doubled. So much for running out of oil.”

Indeed. The U.S. has retaken the lead in global oil production, no thanks to California.

It’s such a stark contrast and gross negligence that California Governor Gavin Newsom isn’t going full steam ahead on California’s fracking and horizontal drilling – oil and gas extraction, which has been safely used in the US since 1947. “More than 17 million U.S. wells have been completed using the fracking process, producing more than seven billion barrels of oil and 600 trillion cubic feet of natural gas,” the Independent Petroleum Association of America states.

Instead, these are the unfavorable headlines on the status of California’s fracking and horizontal drilling:

Fracking and Dangerous Drilling in California: Briefing Book from the Center for Biological Diversity, a leftist environmental non-profit focused on population control and opposition to nuclear power under the guise of “climate change.”

Battle lines are drawn over oil drilling in California from CalMatters:

Meanwhile, California’s oil and gas regulator announced a range of measures including a moratorium on certain types of well injections, more oversight of hydraulic fracturing — fracking — and an independent audit of the state’s process for granting drilling permits.

Drilling in California: Who’s at risk?, the NRDC reports. The Natural Resources Defense Council is one of the nation’s largest leftist environmentalist groups, which employs the “sue and settle” process, and has ties to the Chinese Communist Party, Influence Watch reports. “Members of staff within the NRDC’s Beijing office have either previously worked within the CCP or left the NRDC for a government position.”

Here is why:

California Governor Cracks Down On Fracking, Requires Audits and Scientific Review from NPR.

Newsom bans new California fracking permits starting in 2024.

Bad Timing: California Denies 21 Fracking Permits in Kern County, the Globe reported in 2021.

NPR reported in 2019:

In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, and curbed steam-injected oil drilling. extractive methods long opposed by environmentalists.

Under the new initiatives:

New permits for fracking will be subject to independent scientific review by experts at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the permitting process will be audited by the state Department of Finance to study compliance with state law.
A moratorium is imposed prohibiting new underground oil-extraction wells from using a high-pressure cyclic steaming process.
New rules will be established to protect public safety “including prohibiting oil and gas activities within close proximity of homes, schools, hospitals, and parks.”

Governor Newsom Takes Action to Phase Out Oil Extraction in California by 2024, Newsom announced.

Additionally, Governor Newsom requested that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) analyze pathways to phase out oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.

“The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” said Governor Newsom. “As we move to swiftly decarbonize our transportation sector and create a healthier future for our children, I’ve made it clear I don’t see a role for fracking in that future and, similarly, believe that California needs to move beyond oil.”

Under today’s directive, CalGEM will immediately initiate the rulemaking to halt the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.

Groups Sue California’s Kern County for Fast-Tracking Over 40,000 New Oil and Gas Wells (2021), IndyBay reported:

“it was clear from the meeting that the Kern County Board of Supervisors is beholden to the Western States Petroleum Association, the largest corporate lobbying group in California, the California Independent Petroleum Association, and the oil companies. The Board rubber-stamped the ordinance because of the many millions of dollars the oil industry has spent in lobbying and campaign donations in Kern County and throughout the state.”

That’s some really unbiased reporting.

Remember Newsom’s climate grift:

Gov. Newsom signed a package of “sweeping legislation” in September 2022 to achieve statewide carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045, by establishing an 85% emissions reduction target, capping oil wells, slowing oil and gas permitting, making it impossible to increase refining capacity, and entirely phasing out oil and gas starting in two years.

That “sweeping set of laws” Newsom touted was 40 new climate change bills regulating California businesses and its people.

Kern County, California’s top oil producing county, dropped from 7th in the U.S. for oil production to 13th, ABC Bakersfield reported in 2023. “Kern County still remains the energy capital of California, but when it comes to moving down on the nationwide charts- the Western States Petroleum Association says that there are many factors that go into it.”

However, the organization says the biggest reason behind the drop are state regulations.”

“What it shows is that government policy and regulatory sort of bottlenecks that are likely purposely created have created that situation, where we are dropping in Kern County and state, wide, and production,” said Kevin Slagle, Vice President of Strategic Communications for the Western States Petroleum Association.

The State of California denies its involvement:

“23ABC reached out to the State of California and got this response from the Geologic Energy Management Division.

“Oil production in California has been in decline for more than three decades. CalGEM continues to issue more permits to permanently seal and close wells than any other activity. Last year, CalGEM permits to seal wells outnumbered all other permits by nearly two-to-one” said CalGEM.

However, the state also said:

“The state hasn’t implemented any regulations to force oil extraction or production out.”

As WSPA reports, A new report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) Institute for Applied Economics – Oil and Gas in California: The Industry, its Economic Contribution and Major User Industries – was just released.

California’s oil and gas industry provides 536,770 total jobs in California and 148,140 Californians are directly employed by its individual companies—along with the $338 billion total economic contribution to California’s economy. Those numbers are something we all should feel proud of.

Oil and gas delivers $23 billion in annual wages and benefits to oil and gas workers in the Golden State, and $53.4 billion in wages to all workers supported by the industry

The headlines above tell an nearly opposite story than the jobs, economic impact, and California’s ability to be energy independent, as well as a primary exporter of oil and gas.

Skillfully flipping the script, Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) has authored Senate Bill 13. Buckle up. The bill language says: the Energy Commission will monitor foreign countries that export oil to California and identify which of those countries have demonstrated human rights abuses, and which of those countries have lower environmental standards for the production of oil than California.

What a great bill.

However, it appears the Democrats are determined to kill it. The bill analysis says it will need to find “a better funding source.” SB 13 will be heard in Senate Appropriations today, and will likely be killed by Democrats.

Gavin Newsom’s deliberate targeting of the oil and gas industry with additional strict regulations and bills to kill it is death by a thousand cuts. With Chevron leaving the state, and Phillips 66 and Valero closing refineries, Newsom is single handedly sending California into energy poverty, rather than promoting economic and energy prosperity.

As I frequently remind the left, if you love your Birkenstocks, thank oil and gas. Here’s a partial list of the vast catalog of products and material goods made possible by oil and gas:

Clothing, sandals, sneakers, umbrellas, sunglasses, nail polish, foam curlers;
computers, calculators, telephones, ball point pens, copy machines, cameras;
motorcycle helmets, life jackets, tires;
pacifiers, baby bottles, diapers, crayons, car seats, laundry baskets;
fishing poles, footballs, Frisbees, golf equipment and golf balls, soccer balls, shotgun shells, tents and sleeping bags, guitar strings;
inhalers, first aid kits, heart valve replacements, hearing aids, prescription bottles;
red solo cups, coffee pots, Teflon pans, freezer bags and containers, coasters;
water pipes, smoke detectors, pillows, and even sofas;
Birkenstocks;
Camping and hiking gear and tents;
Anything at REI, Anything at Camping World;
Anything in a Prius – particularly the cushy seats;
Running shoes;
Dog leashes, frisbees, doggie poop bags;
Bicycle helmets;
Water pipes and red solo cups.