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Marybel Batjer, President of California Pubic Utilities Commission, CPUC.

In Part l of Utility Chiefs Grilled by California Senators Over Power Shut Downs, the CEOs and COOs of the California’s largest utilities testified Monday in a hearing held by the California Senate Energy and Utilities Committee over the shutting...

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‘Destined to Burn’ Because Rural CA Towns Vote Against Taxes to Increase Fire Safety?

November 6, 2019 12:27 pmNovember 6, 2019 12:35 pm

Does Proposition 13 cause firefighters to lose their jobs? “This California firefighter nearly died,” proclaimed the headline of Ryan Sabalow’s Sacramento Bee report on Monday. “Then voters laid him off — in fight for lower taxes.” If they continue...

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PG&E Faces A Possible State Takeover This Week As Gov. Newsom Prepares to Meet Utility Executives

November 4, 2019 7:08 pmNovember 5, 2019 11:59 am

Governor Gavin Newsom will meet with PG&E executives, shareholders, and others affected by the wildfires and power outages this week in Sacramento. If a plan is not agreed to, Governor Newsom has threatened that the California State Government would take...

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California’s Utility Breakdown, Extreme Gas Costs, Homeless Druggies, Water Shortage, Deteriorating Roads, Failing Schools: Who is to Blame?

November 4, 2019 2:08 amNovember 5, 2019 11:45 am

“You don’t believe in climate change. You are excused from this conversation.” ~Gavin Newsom California was developed over the course of a century, yet it has taken only a few decades to tear it down. Incompetence, excessive government, corruption,...

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CA Gov. Newsom Names his Cabinet Secretary ‘Energy Czar?’

November 2, 2019 7:13 amNovember 2, 2019 9:22 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed his cabinet secretary, Ana Matosantos, to serve as his “energy czar,” the Sacramento Bee reports, announcing Friday that “the entire system needs to be reimagined,” and “we cannot afford the kind of public safety...

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Gov. Newsom’s ‘Genius’ Cabinet Secretary Ana Matosantos

January 14, 2019 10:15 amJanuary 16, 2019 1:48 pm

Gavin Newsom’s selection for cabinet secretary is Ana Matosantos, whom California’s new governor calls one of the “most capable public servants in America” and a person of “unrivaled professional accomplishment coupled with a personal determination to serve the public good.”...

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Newsom has Begun Choosing Staffers

November 10, 2018 7:30 amNovember 11, 2018 1:54 pm

In an effort to get things rolling, Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom has announced that he has hired his first two cabinet members. Former Hillary Clinton staffer Ann O’Leary will serve as Chief of Staff and former California Department of Finance Director...

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CA Senators Go Easy on Bureaucrats After Utility Chiefs Grilled Over Power Shut Downs