David vs Goliath: Small-Town Mayor from California Engaged in Legal Battle Against Gigantic Oil Industry

Serge Dedina is the mayor of Imperial Beach, a modest working-class community on the California coast. He is a surfer, an environmentalist, and a surfer. According to the fossil fuel sector, he's also at the center of a plot to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from big oil.

ExxonMobil and its allies have accused Dedina of conspiring with other state politicians to extort money from the fossil-fuel sector across California. His phone and computer were also inspected by lawyers for proof he planned with authorities from Santa Cruz, a city roughly 500 miles north of Imperial Beach.

Imperial Beach has a $20 million yearly budget. Darren Woods, Exxon's CEO, was paid more than $15 million last year.

"In this city, we don't have a pot to piss in." "Why don't we go after the energy companies?" he said. "The case is a practical method to demanding those who caused sea-level rise to pay for the consequences it has on our city," said the plaintiff.

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