Despite the four million-plus dollars the oil industry spent to defeat Measure Z, it passed by a 56-44 margin in the Nov. 8 election.
But the measure—which would ban fracking, wastewater injection and new oil wells in the county—has yet to be implemented, and its supporters want to see that happen sooner than later.
Andy Hsia-Coron, a co-founder of Protect Monterey County, the activist group that brought Measure Z, says when San Benito County voters passed a fracking ban in 2014, the county Board of Supervisors had already passed an ordinance to implement it.
That has not yet happened in Monterey County.
"It seems like Monterey County is going nowhere fast," Hsia-Coron says, adding that the measure passed in every county city except King City.
Protect Monterey County members are planning to speak to the Board of Supervisors in public comment at their Dec. 13 meeting. Afterward, at noon, they are planning a rally outside the supervisors' chambers.
If Measure Z is implemented, it is widely expected to be the subject of litigation.