L.A. city and county are facing a strange limbo in their efforts to end oil drilling.

 

Local rules to phase out oil drilling have to be repealed so that new ones in line with state law can be enacted. But in the meantime, oil companies can operate much as they have for decades — and residents are urging the city and other regulators to do more to curtail activities they say put their health at risk.

L.A. city and county are facing a strange limbo in their efforts to end oil drilling.
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Local rules to phase out oil drilling have to be repealed so that new ones in line with state law can be enacted. But in the meantime, oil companies can operate much as they have for decades &mdash; and residents are urging the city and other regulators to do more to curtail activities they say put their health at risk.