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Next Commission Meeting

Tuesday, February 25 at noon

Tsakopoulos Library Galleria
828 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

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News

Oil platform in the pacific ocean in 2017

Litigation Settlement

On January 28, the Commission and DCOR LLC settled litigation that will end offshore oil and gas production at Platform Esther off the coast of Seal Beach. Platform Esther, one of three remaining oil production platforms in state waters, has an operative life of about 15 years. This settlement establishes decommissioning deadlines and ensures that DCOR LLC will pay all the decommissioning costs, including plugging and abandoning all the platform wells.

Drone view of the Ormond Beach, near Rincon Island and Causeway.

Ormond Beach Generating Station Community Engagement

The California State Lands Commission is hosting an environmental justice outreach and engagement meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the South Oxnard Community Center. The Commission is processing an application from Ormond Beach Power, LLC, a subsidiary of GenOn Inc., for an amendment of their General Lease – Industrial Use.

Public Notice – Temporary Use of Lookout Park Parking Lot and Finney St.

The California State Lands Commission and its consultant, 2H Offshore California (previously InterAct), will perform well re-abandonment (re-sealing) work on leaking wells, Well A and Well B, which are located on the far West end of Summerland Beach. Well re-abandonment operations are scheduled to begin on February 23 and conclude on March 1, 2025.

Aerial photo of The MV Cape Orlando (in Alameda) was undergoing a hull cleaning that the Marine Invasive Species Program was evaluating.

2025 Marine Invasive Species Program Updates

Annual letter to shipping agents and interested parties to provide information about new regulations and reminders about reporting requirements.

December 17, 2024 Meeting Highlights

The Commission acknowledged, honored, and expressed gratitude to Jennifer Lucchesi and Colin Connor, Executive Officer and Assistant Executive Officer, for their exemplary service to the Commission and many accomplishments over the decades. Jennifer is moving to the Department of Conservation to serve as Executive Director, and Colin is retiring from state service.

State Lands Commission, Ports of Long Beach and Humboldt Announce Offshore Wind Energy Partnership

Sacramento – Today, the California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt announced an agreement to advance floating offshore wind energy development off the California coast through a comprehensive framework founded on coordination and collaboration to facilitate critical port infrastructure upgrades needed to support offshore wind.

State Lands Commission Achieves a $72.5 Million Settlement from Plains All American Pipeline

SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Lands Commission announced a groundbreaking settlement with Plains All American Pipeline LP, the entity responsible for the devastating 2015 Refugio Beach oil spill in...

Members of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation and CA State Lands Commissioners posing with the signed agreement.

State Lands Commission and Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation Announce First-of-its-Kind Land Co-management Commitment

Today, the California State Lands Commission and the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation announced a commitment to pursue a co-management framework for land formerly used for offshore oil and gas development.

Commission Wins Another Legal Victory Against a Former Oil and Gas Operator

SACRAMENTO – A federal district court in Delaware has issued a decision reaffirming a bankruptcy court finding that the California State Lands Commission’s operation of the Ellwood Onshore Facility in Santa Barbara averted harm to the public and the environment and was a proper exercise of the Commission’s police powers.