Let us be clear about what this does. It would allow the federal government to seize California's own lands through imminent domain for the Santa Ynez pipeline system. This is the same pipeline that caused the devastating 2015 oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in my district. Instead of trying to restore it to safe operating condition. Sabol has spent years ignoring and evading California law to try to restart this operation and not using the latest and best technology available. (03:26–03:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Santa Ynez pipeline caused a significant oil spill in 2015.
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