ICYMI: AG Becerra in The New York Times: Florida Isn’t the Only State That Will Be Hurt by Offshore Drilling

By California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

One of the most brazen attacks on the rule of law by the Trump administration — and we’ve seen many — came last week after the Interior Department opened up 90 percent of America’s offshore waters to drilling for oil and gas, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke arbitrarily gave Florida a free pass.

It was a stunning demonstration of politically motivated policymaking that has provoked nearly a dozen coastal states, both red and blue, to protest. Perhaps no state faces more potential harm than California.

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If going to court is our only recourse for protecting our coastal economy, so be it. Over the past year, the Trump administration has put our people, our Constitution and our laws on trial. So far, California hasn’t lost a case.

We didn’t sit back when families were being denied entrance to our nation because of their religion. We didn’t sit back when federal funding for our law enforcement was under threat. And we didn’t sit back when President Trump attacked our health care, our students, our military service members or our Dreamers.

We don’t wake up in the morning looking to pick a fight with this administration. But we won’t sit back when our Constitution, our laws, our people or our 800 miles of pristine coastline in California are threatened.

Read the full op-ed here.