Let it be known: the Arcata City Council is not OK with offshore oil drilling. 

The city council unanimously adopted a resolution stating its opposition to offshore oil drilling at a special meeting this afternoon. The resolution emphasizes the city’s traditional commitment to the environment and its protection, and the dangers offshore oil drilling presents to marine life and ecosystems. 

The resolution will be sent to Gavin Newsom, the California Coastal Commission, state and local representatives, and relevant federal agencies. It’ll go on the record with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as part of the public comment period as required by the Outer Shelf Continental Lands Act. (If you’d like to comment, you’ve got one day left: go here.)

This meeting follows a similar one on Sunday in Eureka, where politicians and local leaders heavily criticized the Trump administration’s plan to lease land off the coasts of California and Florida for offshore drilling in 2029.

Arcata City Manager Merritt Perry said the council wanted to be “reactive” to oppose drilling; Mayor Kimberley White and councilmember Alex Stillman asked that the resolution be brought to the table. They didn’t discuss the item before adopting it.

“[The council] strongly opposes any new or expanded offshore oil and gas drilling, exploration, or seismic testing along the Northern California coastline, including waters adjacent to Humboldt County,” reads the resolution. “And…the City of Arcata urges the President of the United States, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, members of Congress, and all relevant state and federal agencies to permanently prohibit offshore oil and gas drilling along California’s coast.”