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Push to repeal California anti-oil law inches closer to goal

FILE - A man walks along the street as a pump jack extracts oil at a drilling site next to homes Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Signal Hill, Calif. Stop the Energy Shutdown, a campaign organized by oil and gas industry groups, said Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, it has collected enough signatures for a referendum to overturn SB 1137, the law that banned new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of highly populated places. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - Children chase one another outside their home across the street from the Jefferson oil drill site enclosed by tall fences in Los Angeles, June 2, 2021. Stop the Energy Shutdown, a campaign organized by oil and gas industry groups, said Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, it has collected enough signatures for a referendum to overturn SB 1137, the law that banned new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of highly populated places. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - Homes sit on a hill behind pump jacks operating at the Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles, on May 18, 2021. Stop the Energy Shutdown, a campaign organized by oil and gas industry groups, said Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, it has collected enough signatures for a referendum to overturn SB 1137, the law that banned new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of highly populated places. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)