It doesn’t take anywhere near a city block to drill a well and they lease the land not buy it. But this is CA after all, they would die before they drilled there.
It's a built up residential neighborhood. They'd have to tear down houses to put up a rig. How much is that lease going to cost?
But this is CA after all, they would die before they drilled there.
Offer enough money to make it worth their while . But the price of a 7000 sq ft lot in that neighborhood right now is listing for about a million and half dollars.