Loretta Lynch

CalMatters Contributor

Loretta Lynch is a San Francisco-based lawyer, regulatory expert and a former president of the California Public Utilities Commission. She was a lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Goldman Public Policy School and a visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies. Loretta clerked for Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and is a first-generation graduate of the University of Southern California and Yale Law School.

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Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies

More than a century after California voters created the Public Utilities Commission to keep powerful companies in check, the commission has lost its way, and Californians are fed up.

By Loretta Lynch • April 23, 2025