The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider a resolution opposing drilling off the coast of Southern California, following the Trump administration's plans to expand the practice.

Put forward in a board letter by Paloma Aguirre and Terra Lawson- Remer, the resolution states that the Board of Supervisors "opposes any new or expanded offshore oil and gas drilling, and deep seabed mining, and urges federal and state decision-makers to permanently prohibit offshore drilling and deep seabed mining in all U.S. waters, including the Pacific Ocean off California."

The proposal also calls for

Chief Administrative Officer Ebony Shelton "to express the county's support for (United States) House of Representatives Bill 2862, the Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act

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