CC RESOLUTION 5141RESOLUTION NO. 5141
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, TO PROTECT OUR COAST FROM OFFSHORE OIL AND
GAS DRILLING AND EXPLORATION, IN OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSED 2019-2024 NATIONAL OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
PROGRAM
THE EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AND FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Recitals:
A. The City of EI Segundo and its visitors enjoy California's beaches and the
Pacific Ocean for recreational, commercial, and educational activities, all of
which support our local economy;
B. The City of EI Segundo's residents value our state's ocean and coastal
waters, which provide habitat to a vast array of wildlife, including fish,
whales, sea turtles, and birds that depend on a healthy and clean
environment;
C. New federal offshore oil and gas leases have not been granted off the coast
of California since 1964;
D. The U.S. Department of Interior's 2017-2022 Five -Year Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program adopted as of November 18, 2016 contained
no restrictions on offshore drilling along the Pacific Coast;
E. Offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration off the Pacific coast puts coastal
resources, and the communities and industries that depend on them, at risk
from oil spills and other damage;
F. Pipeline and offshore drilling have caused catastrophic economic and
environmental damage in the past;
G. Opening new areas off the Pacific coast to offshore drilling will perpetuate
the dependence on fossil fuels;
H. California recognizes that instead of prioritizing new oil and gas
development, the nation can thrive by championing renewable energy,
which creates, jobs, bolsters the economy, and protects the coastline,
resources, and marine wildlife from a catastrophic oil spill;
California continues to pioneer clean, renewable energy, in accordance with
regulatory measures that include S131 00;
J. Increasing the State's renewable energy portfolio is a key strategy to fight
climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
K. California is a founding member of the International Ocean Acidification
Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification, which identifies, coordinates, and
expands meaningful and timely actions to combat ocean acidification and
highlights the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
L. California has made significant social and financial investments to create
the nation's first science -based network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
to protect marine life and habitats which safeguards ecosystems and
economic activities that rely on a healthy ocean—including tourism and
commercial fishing—and supports the state's thriving $44 billion ocean
economy;
M. Activities occurring beyond California's three-mile boundary in federal
waters can influence and impact protected marine mammal species that
use State waters to feed, breed, and migrate;
N. The state of California prohibited new oil and gas leasing in state waters
due to the unacceptably high risk of damage and disruption to the marine
environment; and,
O. The Governor of California, the Attorney General, the State Senate, the
State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission, the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with over 60 California municipalities,
have taken a stand against new federal offshore oil and gas leases in the
Pacific Ocean.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby resolves that the City of EI Segundo (1) opposes
new leases for oil and gas activities off the coast of California, (2) opposes policy to
encourage energy exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, (3) opposes
new federal oil and gas leasing off the Pacific coast, (4) supports a ban on new offshore
oil and gas drilling, fracking, and related techniques in federal and state waters off the
California coast.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to Governor
Newsom, U. S. Senators Feinstein and Harris; U.S. Representative Lieu; State Senator
Allen; State Representative Burke; and any other interested parties.
SECTION 4: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and will
remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
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SECTION 5: The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution; will
enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and will make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the record of proceedings of the City Council of said
City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION No. 5141 this 19th day of March, 2019,
Drew Boyles ayor
ATTEST:
Tracy We er, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mark D. Hensley, City torney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
1, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5141 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of March 2019, and the same was
so passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council
Member Pimentel, and Council Member Nicol
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this day of April, 2019.
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TVacy Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of El Segundo,
California
RESOLUTION NO. 5141
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