Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. County of Monterey (2023) 2023 WL 4940263
State law preempts local legislation that duplicates, contradicts, or enters an area fully occupied by general law, either expressly or by legislative implication. Here, Monterey's Measure Z which banned oil and gas wastewater injection and impoundment and the drilling of new oil and gas wells throughout the County’s unincorporated areas was preempted by Pub. Resources Code 3106 which delegates to… Read More