Appellate Court Invalidates Ordinance Streamlining Oil Drilling in Kern County
September 10, 2020The firm prevails in the court of appeal in a CEQA challenge to a Kern County ordinance, adopted in 2015, that would have streamlined the permitting of 72,000 new oil wells throughout the County including near low-income communities. The court directs that the approval of the ordinance be rescinded. (King and Gardiner Farms, LLC. v. Kern County, 45 Cal.App.5th 814 (2020).)