Lawson-Remer, Aguirre move to block Trump’s SoCal offshore drilling plans

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 announced 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 revealed at a news conference outside the County Administration Building The coalition organized to oppose the Department of the Interior s - offshore leasing proposal which aims to bolster U S potential independence through expanded drilling off Alaska Florida and California Aguirre denounces offshore drilling at Monday s news conference Photo by Sal Giametta Special to Times of San Diego Speakers highlighted how offshore drilling threatens Southern California s market system conditions and residents physical condition through feasible spills degraded air quality and disproportionate surroundings impacts on vulnerable communities Let me be clear No one in California wants this and I mean no one Aquirre declared In an overwhelming bipartisan fashion Democrats and Republicans agreed that offshore drilling is too big of a vulnerability The supervisors also urged the society to sign a petition telling the federal authorities they do not advocacy 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 revealed