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Tag: inverse condemnation

Newsom team calls for less utility liability on wildfire—and ignites ‘a hornet’s nest’

Avatar by Judy Lin April 12, 2019June 23, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strike team offered a provocative–and politically challenging–idea for easing utility wildfire liability that has already prompted PG&E to file for bankruptcy.

PARADISE, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Aerial footage shows homes destroyed by the Camp Fire near the Paradise Plaza off Clark Road in Paradise, California, on Thursday, November 15, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Fire, rain, PG&E’s dire straits, and privacy

Dan Morain by Dan Morain March 1, 2019

Will PG&E customers pay more in bankruptcy? Not if state watchdog can stop it

Avatar by Judy Lin January 17, 2019June 23, 2020

Will fire victims get relief? The Dude abides

Dan Morain by Dan Morain August 20, 2018
Wildfires burned across Sonoma County is October 2017. Now, legislators in California's Capitol will determine wildfire liability. | Photo by Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP

Bad air, forest crisis and a showdown

Dan Morain by Dan Morain August 9, 2018July 8, 2019
Barack Obama (left) and Buffy Wicks are shown in this composite photo.

Green energy, utilities at risk

Dan Morain by Dan Morain August 2, 2018July 8, 2019
Sifting through the debris of the 2017 wildfire in Santa Rosa. Photo via California National Guard

Who’s going to pay for the fires

Dan Morain by Dan Morain July 13, 2018July 8, 2019
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