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Excerpted from “Schwarzenegger withdraws support for offshore drilling” By Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau, San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, May 3, 2010
[SIZE="+2"]G[/SIZE]ov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today withdrew his support for a plan he championed to allow new offshore oil drilling off Santa Barbara County, citing the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Schwarzenegger, whose administration as recently as Friday defended the proposed Tranquillon Ridge offshore drilling project, said images of the spill in the Gulf changed his mind. …
“As a member of the State Lands Commission who voted against the project last year, I am saddened that it took a tragic and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to remind us how important it is that we continue to protect California's shores and our multi-billion dollar coastal and port economies.” — State Controller John Chiang, who sits on the Lands Commission†
California pacific coast: 40 years without a new oil lease and counting.