Lawson-Remer, Aguirre move to block Trump’s SoCal offshore drilling plans
Dante Ulanday - News Moderator 
County Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer and Supervisor Paloma Aguirre joined environmental groups Monday to oppose the Trump administration’s plan to reopen offshore drilling leases along the Southern California coast.
The lawmakers said they will introduce a resolution Tuesday formally declaring their opposition to new offshore oil drilling.
“We are here to tell Donald Trump and the CEOs of Exxon, Shell, Chevron and all the major oil companies that our coastline is not for sale,” Lawson-Remer said at a news conference outside the County Administration Building.
The coalition organized to oppose the Department of the Interior’s 2026-2031 offshore leasing proposal, which aims to bolster U.S. energy independence through expanded drilling off Alaska, Florida and California.
Speakers highlighted how offshore drilling threatens Southern California’s economy, environment, and public health through potential spills, degraded air quality and disproportionate climate impacts on vulnerable communities.
“Let me be clear. No one in California wants this and I mean no one,” Aquirre said. “In an overwhelming bipartisan fashion, Democrats and Republicans agreed that offshore drilling is too big of a risk.”
The supervisors also urged the public to sign a petition telling the federal government they do not support offshore drilling.
“If Donald Trump wants to auction off our coastline to the highest bidder, he is going to have to go through all of us and through the hundreds and hundreds of people now signing our petition opposing offshore oil drilling,” Lawson-Remer said.
