When California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 350 on Oct. 7, it looked like a huge win for the oil industry. The original version of the bill included a mandate to cut the state's petroleum consumption 50 percent by 2030. Days before the floor vote, State Senate President Pro Tern Kevin de Leon, chief architect of the bill, announced that he was dropping that provision as a concession to Democrats from oil-producing parts of the state. "Big Oil might be on the right side of their shareholder reports, but we're on the right side of history," de Leon said as he announced the compromise. "Ultimately, California is going to demand that an industry which represents most of the problem has an economic and moral duty to be part of the solution."
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机译：10月7日，加利福尼亚州州长杰里·布朗（Jerry Brown）签署了参议院第350号法案，这对石油行业来说似乎是一个巨大的胜利。该法案的原始版本包括一项到2030年将该州的石油消耗减少50％的命令。在参议院投票前几天，该法案的总设计师，州参议院主席Pro Tern Kevin de Leon宣布将其规定作为一项废除。从该州产油的地区向民主党人让步。德莱昂在宣布妥协时说：“大石油公司可能在其股东报告的右边，但我们在历史的右边。” “最终，加利福尼亚将要求代表大多数问题的行业有经济和道义上的义务作为解决方案的一部分。”
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