California oil and gas buffer law faces new legal challenge as tensions rise over property rights
SB1137 was passed in 2022 and fully enacted in 2024. It now faces multiple legal challenges SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A long-simmering clash between California lawmakers and oil and gas interests is escalating again, as mineral rights holders filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state law that restricts drilling near homes, schools and hospitals. The […]
Pacific Legal Foundation Files Federal Lawsuit Over Oil Setback Law Banning Owners from Accessing Resources in their Mineral Estate
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 mineral and royalty owners. According to NARO-CA and Pacific Legal Foundation, SB 1137 amounts to an […]
Family challenges California ban on oil, gas wells near ‘sensitive receptors’
Two California siblings have sued their state over a law prohibiting the drilling of new oil and gas wells near certain spots, arguing it’s an uncompensated taking of their private property. John and Melinda Morgan claim Senate Bill 1137, passed in 2022, infringes the property rights their family has held for generations. They say California has […]
Calif.’s gasoline crisis is also tipping into a property rights crisis
Working Valley families and small business owners are already getting crushed by sky high gas prices, and the state’s anti oil policies could soon drive prices even higher. Analysts warn California could see prices hit seven or eight dollars this year, driven by refinery shutdowns and falling production that is putting major infrastructure at risk. […]
Oil, gas royalty owners sue California over setback law
Oil and gas rights-holders are suing the state of California over a law that blocks wells near homes and schools. The California chapter of the National Association of Royalty Owners announced the lawsuit at a Sacramento news conference on Wednesday. The group partnered with the Pacific Legal Foundation to file the suit in federal court. […]
Press Release: Royalty Owners Join with Pacific Legal Foundation to Announce Challenge to Oil Setback Law in Federal Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NARO-CA, the California chapter of the National Association of Royalty Owners, is joining with Pacific Legal Foundation to announce a new federal court legal challenge to Senate Bill 1137—the 3,200-foot oil setback mandate that they argue violates the constitutional rights of oil and gas mineral and royalty owners. According to NARO-CA and […]