Late-night negotiations between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders in the state Legislature produced a flurry of agreements on Wednesday on pivotal climate and energy programs. … Assembly Bill 1207 would extend cap-and-invest through 2045. … [Senate Bill 237] would also remove regulatory and legal obstacles for thousands of oil wells in Kern County by exempting them from a final review under the California Environmental Quality Act. … [Stanford Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program Director Deborah A.] Sivas worried that more drilling would lead to more abandoned wells that threaten to taint water supplies.

Other California environmental and water policy news:

• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): Legislature tackles climate packages in final days
• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): California senators block CEQA law changes amid frustration
• Politico: How environmental groups lost Newsom to Big Oil
• Community Water Center: News release: SAFER water for California’s future