PINOLE — A movement to ban new gas stations that spread quickly through the North Bay in recent years has expanded into the East Bay. The Pinole City Council last week unanimously approved a …
PINOLE — A movement to ban new gas stations that spread quickly through the North Bay in recent years has expanded into the East Bay.
Councilmembers made it clear this was merely a stop-gap measure to allow staff more time to draft a permanent ordinance. Sacramento announced in February that it will consider an ordinance to ban the construction of new gas stations. Sasai said that he hopes the bans will continue to gain traction and that Pinole’s ordinance “serves as a model for other cities in our region to follow suit.”
“It’s been a long time coming,” Councilmember Devin Murphy said. “I’m looking forward to seeing the impact of this and certainly hope it promotes public health as we intend for it to do.
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