Keeping new oil rigs off of coast won’t be easy, officials say
From left: Torrance City Councilmember Kurt Weideman; Jennifer Lucchesi, executive officer for the State Lands Commission; Hermosa Beach Mayor Jeff Duclos; Sarah Freidman, senior campaign representative for the Sierra Club; Alison Dettmer, deputy director of the Energy, Ocean Resources and Federal Consistency Division of the California Coastal Commission; Hermosa resident Michael Collins, a co-founder of the Keep Hermosa Hermosa campaign; Sarah Sikich, vice president of Heal the Bay; Stacey Armato, Hermosa’s mayor pro tem; Manhattan Beach Mayor Amy Howorth; and Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), gathered at the Hermosa Beach Community Center last Friday to discuss proposed regulations from the Trump Administration that could open California’s coast to oil drilling for the first time in generations. Photo Three years ago, keeping oil out of Hermosa Beach required a monumental effort from the community. A similar effort may be needed, all across California, to make sure new drilling stays out. That was the conclusion of local elected officials who joined representatives from state land use agencies and environmental groups at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater last week. A…
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