“We have always believed that this agreement is an excellent way to protect lands that currently support offshore oil and gas development. We have worked for many years to protect the landscape around Santa Barbara and this agreement is a big step toward doing that”

- Debra Geiler, Southern California Trust Director

“We have 20 oil platforms currently operating off our coast with no termination dates. Under the plan, about 4,000 acres of coastal area lands will eventually be permanently protected, including about 200 acres along the Gaviota Coast”

- Linda Krop, Chief Counsel, Environmental Defense Center

“Without this agreement, these platforms can and will continue to operate indefinitely”

- Santa Barbara Activist Selma Rubin

“I hate the sight of those platforms out there. They’re ugly. This is the first opening we’ve had to get rid of them”

- Santa Barbara Activist Selma Rubin

“The bottom line is that this plan puts an end to drilling along California’s coast”

- Congresswoman Lois Capps