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California wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of legislative session
AFTER NEARLY A MONTH of intense closed-door negotiations, California lawmakers on the last day of session killed a compromise bill that failed to insulate investor-owned utilities when they cause catastrophic wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the utilities had fought to significantly reduce utility companies’ liability. Last week Newsom struck a compromise with Senate and Assembly leaders that […] The post California wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of legislative session appeared first on Local News Matters .
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AFTER NEARLY A MONTH of intense closed-door negotiations, California lawmakers on the last day of session killed a compromise bill that failed to insulate investor-owned utilities when they cause catastrophic wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the utilities had fought to significantly reduce utility companies’ liability. Last week Newsom struck a compromise with Senate and Assembly leaders that […] The post California wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of legislative session appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, California wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of legislative session, AFTER NEARLY A MONTH of intense closed-door negotiations, California lawmakers on the last day of session killed a compromise bill that failed to insulate investor-owned utilities when they cause catastrophic wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the utilities had fought to significantly reduce utility companies’ liability. Last week Newsom struck a compromise with Senate and Assembly leaders that […] The post California wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of legislative session appeared first on Local News Matters .
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