Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of UC Berkeley’s law school, laid it out plainly in a recent Sacramento Bee op-ed: the current push to limit utility liability for wildfires helps companies that are already highly profitable, at the expense of the survivors who need and are entitled to compensation. He is right, and the tactics being...
PG&E: At It Again
“Your company is a convicted felon that poses a threat to the people of California.” That’s how U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ended today’s hearing on whether PG&E has violated the conditions of their probation. PG&E is under criminal probation after a conviction for a 2010 explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno. ...