The Trump administration reportedly wants to turbocharge offshore oil drilling in the U.S., including the coast of California. But it remains to be seen if any new rigs ever get built.

“Dead on arrival,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a short post on X, responding to a Washington Post story that the administration will soon propose six offshore lease sales in California between 2027 and 2030.

If put into place, the move would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters off the coast of California since 1984.

The draft map reportedly also includes expanding offshore drilling in Alaska and along the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, renamed the Gulf of America by President Donald Trump via executive order earlier this year.

Officials at the U.S. Department of the Interi

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