Santa Barbara Royalty Owners Ambushed

Santa Barbara Royalty Owners Ambushed

Above, NARO-CA President Ed Hazard at the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 13, 2025, speaking in opposition to an oil and gas shutdown proposal. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 on May 13, 2025, to direct staff to prepare...
NARO-CA Town Hall July 17 at 6 PM

NARO-CA Town Hall July 17 at 6 PM

We are all too familiar with the unrelenting efforts to take away our rights to produce our oil and gas holdings here in California. We are now facing the greatest assaults ever at both the State and County level. NARO California has organized a Town Hall Meeting for...
California’s Energy Paradox

California’s Energy Paradox

Lessons from National Trends The California Contradiction According to Doomberg’s “Permission Slips” analysis, California possesses substantial untapped oil and gas resources, including the Monterey shale deposit that many residents don’t even...
Phillips 66 will close Los Angeles refinery by 2025

Phillips 66 will close Los Angeles refinery by 2025

Gavin Newsom Drives Jobs Out and Prices Up Phillips 66 announced it will close its Los Angeles refinery by 2025, removing about 8% of California’s refining capacity. This move comes just after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law aimed at stabilizing gasoline...
The Sound Of Flip Flops

The Sound Of Flip Flops

A Consequential Change Of Heart Passes AB 3233 In a surprising turn in the last minutes of a late night session, Senator Bob Archuleta switched his vote in favor of Assembly Bill 3233 (AB 3233), which represents a significant defeat for owners of mineral, oil and gas...
Planned Blackouts

Planned Blackouts

Starving The Grid In Spite Of The Citizens As I write this my area of Southern California is under an extreme heat warning. We are told by the well meaning public officials and newscasters to draw the drapes, turn off the air conditioning, and do not run large...

Monterey County Supreme Court Victory

Showdown in San Ardo NARO-California joins with Monterey County royalty owners in a battle vital to all California mineral owners. San Ardo is a tiny community which sleeps among the agricultural fields in the southern reaches of Monterey County, a place where both...

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