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Keep drilling for common sense on California oil

That’s the MO of state and local officials who deplore oil production off the coast of California.

State and local governments would do well to stop stalling, scrap the green fantasies, and concede a simple truth: Californians need oil.

President Trump gets this; in March he directed Sable Offshore Corp. to resume oil sales off the Santa Barbara County coast, in service of national security. 

Good move: Boosting local oil production eases reliance on foreign oil, protects against supply disruptions, and restrains rising gas prices.

Sadly, though, many officials in California government — state and local — would rather chase green Utopia than embrace this reality. 

State government has sued to block Trump’s order; Santa Barbara County government has stalled permits for Sable operations; and a Superior Court judge just upheld an injunction against restarting company pipelines. 

Sable emphasized on Wednesday that it will pursue more than $100 million in damages against the county for the permit........

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