By Eric Eisenhammer, NARO-CA Member Some people are surprised to hear that there is oil and gas production in California at all. In fact, California has long been among the

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The United States is the only former colony that upon achieving independence, awarded the ownership of minerals to private citizens instead of to the state.

Karen Sherrill is a widow who lives alone in a nice modular home park in Orcutt. She recently retired from a job with a local travel company. And like a