SB 1137 – California Globe

SB 237: Is it Having its Expected Impact on Gasoline Supplies?

May 6, 2026 3:04 pmMay 6, 2026 3:04 pm

by Professor James Rector, Professor Michael Mische, and Joseph Silvi After signing Senate Bill 237 in September 2025, Governor Newsom said of the bill: “we’re stabilizing the state’s gasoline supply to avert severe price spikes at the pump.” The key...

CA Oil, Gas, Mineral Royalty Owners Join Pacific Legal Foundation to Announce Federal Challenge to New York Anti Oil and Natural Gas Policy

April 20, 2026 2:13 pmApril 20, 2026 5:19 pm

NARO-California, of the National Association of Royalty Owners, together with Pacific Legal Foundation announced in January their federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 1137, the 3,200-foot oil setback mandate that they argue violates the constitutional rights of oil and gas mineral...

Pacific Legal Foundation Files Federal Lawsuit Over Oil Setback Law Banning Owners from Accessing Resources in their Mineral Estate

January 28, 2026 2:19 pmJanuary 28, 2026 2:47 pm

NARO-California, of the National Association of Royalty Owners, together with Pacific Legal Foundation announced Wednesday they filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 1137, the 3,200-foot oil setback mandate that they argue violates the constitutional rights of oil and gas...

Energy Security Is National Security: Why California Can’t Afford Its Production Decline

January 5, 2026 2:03 pmJanuary 5, 2026 2:03 pm

State laws threatening oil production harm veterans, families, and the military infrastructure that depends on a stable supply of domestic fuel. As California has become increasingly dependent on imported fuels, concerns are rising about the national security implications of this...

Politicians Vote to Take Your Rights; We’re Going to Court to Get Them Back

April 21, 2025 2:45 amApril 21, 2025 2:46 am

Everyone in California looks forward to a clean energy future, and we need environmentally compliant and labor-friendly California-produced petroleum to get there. The anti-oil agenda of certain California politicians and the legislation they sponsor is bad policy. It is a...

California Governor Creating Energy Poverty with 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

April 17, 2025 12:01 pmApril 19, 2025 9:25 am

As of 2024, more than 1 out of 6 households, or 21.12 million Americans are behind in energy bill payments. In California, energy poverty is real and pushes people further down into poverty. The Globe reported Wednesday on a new...

Ringside: Twelve Scarcity Enabling Laws to Scrap

February 13, 2025 7:30 amFebruary 13, 2025 7:31 am

Last week, as a representative of the California Policy Center, I had the opportunity to testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee at a hearing on the topic of “California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation.” While my remarks...