Webinar - Central Coast Teach-In: Stop Offshore Drilling Expansion Register

Date and Time:
Mon, Jan 12, 2026; 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM  (Pacific)

Organized By: SLO County community organizations against offshore drilling

Location: Virtual

Central Coast Teach-In: Stop Offshore Drilling Expansion
Join this online webinar to learn about how you can defend the Central Coast from the federal Offshore Drilling Expansion Proposal. 

Co-Hosted by: Ecologistics, League of Women Voters, Mothers for Peace, Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, SLO Climate Coalition, and SLO Surfrider
When: Monday, January 12th, 6-7:30pm PT
Where: Zoom Webinar (register to receive the link)

Speakers:

Assemblymember Dawn Addis, CA District 30
She is a former special education teacher and represents California’s 30th Assembly District on the Central Coast. She currently chairs the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and is also the inaugural chair of the California Legislative Central Coast Caucus. She helped craft the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024. Appointed by the Assembly Speaker to the Ocean Protection Council and National Conference of State Legislatures Natural Resources, she brings Central Coast priorities to statewide and national conversations. Her advocacy for education, healthcare, housing, and environmental protection earned her recognitions as a Reproductive Freedom Champion and California Ocean Champion. 

Pete Stauffer, Surfrider Foundation, Ocean Protection Manager
He leads Surfrider's national efforts on offshore drilling, marine protected areas (MPAs) and other ocean issues as our Ocean Protection Manager. Pete also leads coastal recreation studies to collect economic and geospatial data to inform coastal management decisions. In 2014, Pete was appointed to the Federal Marine Protected Area (MPA) Advisory Committee as a representative of coastal recreational users. Pete holds a B.A. in Environmental Policy from Duke University and a Master’s degree from the University of Washington’s School of Marine Affairs. After completing his Master’s degree, Pete spent several years in Washington D.C. working for the NOAA Fisheries Service before joining the Surfrider Foundation.

Greg Haas, Senior District Representative, Congressman Salud Carabajal (CA-24)
He leads local work at the Congressman's SLO County office including district community services, outreach, and representation. He has been working on Central Coast environmental and energy issues for more than 25 years. His most recent work includes the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area and the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act.

Background on the issue: 
Trump administration is officially pursuing an unprecedented and dangerous new offshore drilling plan that will open vast stretches of U.S. coastlines up to new offshore oil and gas drilling.

​​​​​​If this lease sale plan moves forward, it could lock in decades of new drilling off California, the Gulf of Mexico, including the previously protected waters off of Florida, and Alaska, including the pristine High Arctic, where drilling has never been attempted before because of the hazards. Public comments are due Friday, January 23, 2026.
More information about the issue can be found on Surfrider's website.
 

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