In the biggest move yet aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s plans to allow new offshore oil drilling off the California coast, state lawmakers have approved a bill that would ban construction of any new pipelines to get the oil to shore.

By a vote of 45-25 late Monday, the state Assembly passed SB 834, a measure that prohibits the State Lands Commission from allowing any new wharfs, piers, pipelines and other facilities in state waters from the shoreline out to three miles offshore that could be used to expand oil production.

“The Trump Administration’s proposal to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling is dangerous, reckless, and a direct threat to our coastal community,” said State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, the bill’s sponsor. “California must stand firm in our opposition to this expansion, which could devastate our marine ecology, public health and coastal economy.”

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