SR 12
- Session Year: 2019-2020
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2019-01-29
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| Jan 28, 2019 | Read. Adopted. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 112.) |
| Jan 24, 2019 | From committee: Ordered to third reading. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. |
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| Jan 28, 2019 | Senate 3rd Reading SR12 Jackson | Senate Floor |
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SR 12
Introduced: 1/23/19
SUBJECT: 50th Anniversary of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
DIGEST:
This resolution marks the 50th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
- On January 28, 1969, Platform A, an offshore oil platform owned and operated in state waters in the Santa Barbara Channel by Union Oil of El Segundo, California, began to leak thousands of gallons of crude oil after containment failed on a newly drilled underwater well. Over subsequent weeks, millions of gallons of crude oil continued to spill into the Santa Barbara Channel, despoiling the marine environment, killing and impairing wildlife, and saturating the coastline.
- By the time the oil spill had ended, over 3,000,000 gallons of crude oil was spilled into the environment, amounting to what was then the largest oil spill in the history of the United States; currently, the Santa Barbara oil spill is the third largest oil spill in U.S. history, after the BP Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010 and the Exxon-Valdez spill of 1989.
- The 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill left lasting impacts in the region, in the state, and nationally and internationally. Included in the legacy left by the Santa Barbara oil spill is the birth of the modern environmentalist movement, which started, in large part, to create public awareness to correct the inadequacy of the laws, protections, and funds that were in place at that time to address the damage caused by incidents such as the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
- The public outcry in the wake of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill resulted in the creation of the California Coastal Commission, and spurred several landmark state and federal environmental statutes and programs. On the one-year anniversary of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, the Santa Barbara community celebrated the very first “Environmental Rights Day,” which informed the federal establishment of the first “Earth Day” on April 20, 1970.
This resolution:
- Recognizes, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill, the birth and subsequent achievements of the modern environmental movement.
- Encourages Senators to urge their constituents to participate in beach cleanups and other community efforts to bring citizen action and involvement to the protection of our environment.
- Honors the tireless efforts and important accomplishments of California’s environmental leaders stretching from the time of the Santa Barbara oil spill 50 years ago up to, and including, the present day.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 1/24/19)
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Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
1/25/19 10:52:07
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