To help Congress better understand this effort to circumvent California law and coastal protections, we seek detailed information on the company’s role in this decision, and your communications with the Trump administration in relation to Sable Offshore’s SYU project. We also demand that all relevant documents and records pertaining to the SYU project ... be preserved.
Seek detailed information from Sable Offshore and preserve all relevant internal communication records related to the Santa Ynez Unit restart project.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official House website says that on May 28, 2026, Congressman John Garamendi and other California lawmakers launched an inquiry into Sable Offshore’s efforts to restart oil drilling off the California coast and demanded answers about the company’s collaboration with the Trump administration to invoke the Defense Production Act.
Assessments
As a federal representative, Garamendi can control whether he initiates oversight and requests records, but not whether Sable ultimately produces or preserves them. The available evidence shows that on May 28, 2026, he and other lawmakers launched a formal inquiry and demanded answers about the Santa Ynez Unit restart effort, which satisfies the information-seeking part of the promise. However, the record provided does not clearly establish that the requested preservation of relevant internal communications was secured or completed, so full delivery is not supported.