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Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills has become the first California Municipality to effectively ban hydraulic fracturing. The 21st of April was the initial council meeting in which members voted unanimously to ban fracking in their city. Along with members in the Beverly Hills' council, there were also anti-fracking representatives from other cities hoping to achieve similar outcomes in their respective cities. Environmentalists conclude that there is no safe way to frack and that the process can lead to air and water pollution, as well as an increase in earthquakes. For these reasons, fracking needs to be banned not just regulated. The second and final vote to enact the ban on fracking was held on May 6. The vote was again unanimous, and Beverly Hills became the first city in California to actively ban the technique for extracting natural gas and oil. The ban will take effect on June 6. There were no official plans to implement fracking in Beverly Hills, but it was taking place in surrounding areas in the Los Angeles county.