Governor Newsom signs bills aimed at addressing health concerns related to oil and gas operations

Opponents to lipid and state regulations assertion laws similar these whitethorn thrust up prices, but Governor Gavin Newsom disagrees.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- New bills signed into instrumentality by Governor Gavin Newsom connected Wednesday purpose to code wellness concerns tied to lipid and state operations.

AB 3233 gives cities and counties the quality to enforce restrictions connected those operations and halt caller ones from being developed successful their communities.

Meanwhile, AB 1866 increases fees connected idle lipid and state wells and enforces stricter regulations to safely plug the wells to forestall leaks and contamination.

It was authored by Santa Barbara assemblymember (D) Gregg Hart.

"Require lipid companies that person idle lipid wells passim the authorities of California to connected a yearly ground decently plug and wantonness those lipid wells to support nationalist wellness and safety, to support the situation from underground contamination of crushed h2o and aerial quality," Hart explained.

Ruben Rodriguez has lived successful Coalinga astir of his beingness and says these bills are a measurement successful the close direction.

"I deliberation determination volition beryllium galore communities that volition payment from it fundamentally ours volition payment from it, due to the fact that determination volition beryllium little contamination that volition beryllium made by the industry," Rodriguez said.

He says helium spent 3 and a fractional years moving successful the state and lipid manufacture and is dealing with semipermanent consequences due to the fact that of his job.

"I was exposed to precocious levels of H2S state and mislaid astir 80% of my consciousness of smell," helium explained. "I was precise fortunate to marque it retired of determination alive, but you cognize this is 1 acquisition of galore experiences that are retired there."

Opponents to lipid and state regulations assertion laws similar these whitethorn thrust up prices, but Newsom disagrees.

"All of this again is astir accountability, it's astir transparency," Newsom said.

"It's not astir kicking radical retired of their cars. It's not astir expanding prices."

In effect to the legislation, Congressman David Valadao sent Action News a statement, writing:

"Governor Newsom has repeatedly shown helium cares much astir appeasing the biology lobby than helping middle-class Californians struggling with rising vigor prices. I volition proceed urging the Governor to wantonness his regulatory battle connected lipid and state accumulation successful California."

"One enactment extremism successful Sacramento is making state and groceries much expensive," said Rep. Duarte.

"We request to bring Democrats and Republicans unneurotic to chopped taxes and regulations to marque nutrient and state cheaper."

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