Becerra governor win boosts California's fight against offshore drilling
The new governor vigorously defended state environmental rules as attorney general, including against Trump administration efforts to open Southern California waters to oil platforms.
By Hans Laetz
The overwhelming victory for Xavier Becerra for governor is a shot in the arm for California's efforts to fight oil drilling off the Southern California coast.
The Trump administration is in the middle of a heated effort to open up the waters of Southern California — and yes, that includes Malibu — to offshore oil platforms and offshore oil drilling.
Becerra, as attorney general, vigorously defended the state's environmental rules. That included defending the California Coastal Commission against the Trump administration's drill-baby-drill campaigns.
Becerra campaigned on protecting CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act, and he credited environmental laws with improving air quality and protecting the coasts.
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