LOS ANGELES — Signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022, Senate Bill 1137 prohibits the issuance of well permits and the construction and operation of new production facilities within a health protection zone, or HPZ, of 3,200 feet from a sensitive receptor.

The California Independent Petroleum Association, or CIPA, led a "Stop the Energy Shutdown" campaign, which qualified the veto referendum for the November 2024 ballot, and supported an overturn the law vote on the referendum.

The Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California and its partnership with Jane Fonda and the LA arts community raised more than $14 million in support of the bill through an art auction at Christie's and benefit exhibition at Gagosian Beverly Hills, California Independent Petroleum Association announced it would withdraw a referendum on California’s landmark law, SB 1137, to protect neighborhoods from toxic oil drilling from the November ballot.

Artists who donated artwork for the benefit include Ed Ruscha, Charles Gaines, Mark Grotjahn, Jonas Wood, Sarah Cain, Karon Davis, Jules de Balincourt, Olafur Eliasson, Francesca Gabbiani, Marilyn Minter, Catherine Opie, Christina Quarles, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Kenny Scharf, Joey Terrill, Frank Gehry, Nan Goldin, Michael Chow, Hank Willis Thomas and others.