State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Wednesday announced the introduction of a bill that seeks to phase out fracking for oil in the state and would also create a buffer zone around oil extraction sites to ensure they are not near homes, schools or other community locations.

Senate Bill 467 would stop the issuance or renewal of permits for hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — as well as acid well stimulation and other certain oil extraction methods starting in 2022 and would prohibit those practices in 2027.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.