The City of Signal Hill is just about 2.2 square miles (around 11,000 people), nested smack dab in the center of Long Beach. There are over 500 oil wells in Signal Hill, all of which are within the state-recommended 3200-foot health and safety buffer zone.
Signal Hill Petroleum operates all the wells and has a pending request with the City to extend their permit to continue drilling for oil for an unprecedented twenty years and to drill up to 46 new wells. Fortunately, State legislation banning new wells within the 3200 foot health and safety zone became effective on June 27, 2024. However, the 20 year permit extension request has not been withdrawn.
Clean Break has campaigned actively in Signal Hill since early 2023 to oppose the permit extension and to phase out oil drilling within the City. An Earth Day Teach-in, door-to-door canvassing, and postcards to residents were successful in raising awareness and turning out a large number of speakers at City-sponsored hearings in 2024 to oppose approval of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the permit extension .
Clean Break continues to be active in Signal Hill with the goal of phasing out and remediating the oil wells which continue to harm residents. We work in partnership with other organizations including Climate Brunch and the Center for Biological Diversity.
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