Beverly Hills is finally getting oil drilling out of the schools. The city council passed an interim ordinance Tuesday banning oil, gas, and hydrocarbon extraction from surface rigs within the city starting on January 1, 2017. That's one day after Venoco Inc.'s lease on the Beverly Hills High School drilling site expires. Mayor Jimmy Delshad called oil wells "just not our brand." [BH Patch, image via]
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