Fracking ban fails to advance in California Legislature ADAM BEAM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3File - In this June 28, 2018 file photo State Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, talks during a Senate hearing in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost good-paying jobs. Wiener from San Francisco and Monique Limón from Santa Barbara, introduced legislation earlier this year that would have banned fracking by 2027. They later changed the bill to ban fracking by 2035.Rich Pedroncelli/APShow MoreShow Less