Screencap of YouTube video.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has just announced that she has banned all new oil and gas drilling throughout the city and then went on to explain that this was a problem that was being driven by racism.This is especially ironic, given the fact that so many Democrats have been campaigning on gas prices in this midterm election cycle. Do they think this drilling ban will help lower prices?Bass is not a serious mayor. She’s an absolute joke, and this is another reminder.From the Center Sqaure, via Yahoo News:Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has signed an ordinance prohibiting new oil and gas drilling throughout the city and establishing a 20-year timetable to phase out existing wells.Under the new ordinance, current drilling sites are designated as “nonconforming uses” and must cease operations within two decades, unless an earlier deadline applies. The ordinance restricts the expansion and redevelopment of existing operations while establishing limited exceptions for work strictly necessary to address public health, safety or environmental threats.Bass, who is running for reelection on Tuesday against Los Angeles City Council member and fellow Democrat Nithya Raman, framed the legislation as a long-overdue victory for environmental justice in frontline neighborhoods that have historically borne the brunt of urban drilling…“For too long, communities throughout Los Angeles have lived with the impacts of oil and gas drilling in their neighborhoods, leading to significant health conditions,” Bass said in a press release on Thursday, the day she signed the ban. “Signing this ordinance is another important step toward phasing out oil and gas drilling in Los Angeles once and for all.”See her tweet below:I just banned new oil and gas drilling throughout Los Angeles and we’ll be phasing out existing wells. For generations, Black and Latino communities have carried the burden of neighborhood drilling. Your ZIP code should never dictate your health! We are confronting this systemic… pic.twitter.com/bB2p7VRuwC— Karen Bass (@KarenBassLA) October 30, 2026Does she just sit around all day thinking up new ways to hurt the city?Not like we need gas or oil, so that’s okay. Did you ban filling reservoirs with water, too?— ShellsBells66 (@SLDroe) October 30, 2026Sooo, your plan is to raise gas prices on those who can least afford it and eliminate good-paying jobs at the same time.— Francis McNulty (@mcnultytweets) October 31, 2026The worst part is that this woman might actually get elected to another term.The post Useless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Throughout the City Because of Racism appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.