# LA communities kick out Big Oil

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/la-communities-kick-out-big-oil/
- Published: 2026-11-02T14:21:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T23:47:17+00:00
- Original publisher: DW
- Original article: https://www.dw.com/en/la-communities-kick-out-big-oil/a-79830843?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Environment, Politics, Science, World

## Key points

- Los Angeles has approved a ban on oil drilling.
- Existing extraction must end within 20 years.
- The decision follows years of resident campaigning and legal disputes.

## Summary

Los Angeles has voted to stop new oil extraction and phase out existing operations, becoming the largest US city to ban oil drilling. The decision follows more than a decade of campaigning by residents concerned about pollution and health risks from wells near their homes.

The ordinance, approved by the City Council on 28 October, immediately halts extraction and bars wells from being redrilled or deepened; existing operations must close within 20 years. It affects hundreds of active wells and thousands of inactive ones, many in working-class communities of colour. The oil industry says the measure unlawfully takes private property, while a previous phase-out attempt was overturned in court before California law expanded local authorities’ powers.

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