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I guess it's good to know that it's official. 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:19.440 La County and CalFire have determined that yes, so cal 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:24.080 Edison and their faulty equipment were to blame for the 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:29.000 Eton fire that got destroyed nearly six thousand homes and 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:35.440 killed nineteen people. And apparently there are possible criminal charges 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:39.600 related to this. Now that's not saying much, John, As 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:43.559 we know, PG and E was convicted of killing people 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:47.520 in the campfire, and they saw very little punishment for 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:48.240 that conviction. 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.480 That's right. One of the local das in northern California 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.240 actually took the case to trial and won a conviction 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:01.440 against that corporation. Nobody went to prison, but he wanted 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.080 the world to know that this wasn't just some kind 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:09.160 of accident, that this was something that was done by 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.640 the company because they didn't want to spend the money 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:13.959 to fix equipment that they knew that was dangerous. 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.040 And despite that, Gavin Newsom bailed out this company. And 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.120 you remember that press conference early on in Gavin Newsom's 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.839 governorship when Brandon Rediman of ABC ten asked him why 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.919 are you bailing out a convicted felon? And he looked 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.040 like he had a short circuit in his brain broke 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:34.160 and he tried to not answer the question whatsoever. But 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:39.280 let's find out exactly what happened here with so Cal Edison, who, 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.320 by the way, just paid a massive settlement to all 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.720 the people's homes that they burned down in the Woolsey 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.440 fire and then got approval from the CPUC to pass 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.519 on that cost to rate payers. Let's see it all 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:55.800 happen all over again. Here is NBCLA and their great 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:57.840 investigative reporter Eric Leonard. 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.560 They on the Eton fire disaster investigator. They've concluded that 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.679 electrical equipment in the hills above alted in a cause 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:08.200 eating fire. NBC four Investigations was a first to show you. 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:09.040 More than a year ago. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.840 Yeah, that video started coming out in like March of 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:13.000 twenty twenty five. 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.440 Oh yeah, No, we've had the money shot for a 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:16.120 long time. 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.600 Video of the Once again, I'm going to do you 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:24.120 a favor because I feel like I have your back. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.600 I'm not turning that into a drop either. 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.799 Fire spreading from below, power lines above, and now. 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.480 The official report confirms with many fire victims and their 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.600 lawyers have long been saying for more than a year. 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.640 NBC four investigative reporter Eric Leonard joins us live now 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.480 from our newsroom with more on today's findings. Eric we're 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.840 talking eighteen months now to confirm the cause. 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.440 Yeah, that's right, and this comes from both the La County. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.120 You know, it made sense that he made the jump 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.360 from radio to TV. He's way too good looking to 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:53.000 be on radio. 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.720 Fire Department and cal Fire. They work together to pinpoint 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.480 what's caused. What's called the origin and cause of the 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.960 Eaton Fire. And no surprise here they say it ignited 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.840 in the brush right below this Southern California Edison Tower. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.360 For the attorneys who are representing thousands of Eaton Fire 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:17.000 victims who are suing Edison, they say this finding doesn't 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:17.680 change much. 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.039 That report simply confirms what we all knew from pretty 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:26.720 much day one. Our investigators at that time confirmed that 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.279 it was most likely an see line that caused this fire. 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.600 The new official findings made public today. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.080 And remember Randy, when they first started louring up and 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:41.160 they first started fingering Southern California Edison, you and I 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.640 had the conversation they wouldn't be doing this unless they 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.000 felt that they had the smoking gun, and it looks 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:50.520 like they have the smoking gun. 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.560 The attorneys knew early on because you're not going to 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.640 file that many lawsuits when it's just a possibility. Let's 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.440 not forget They're going all the way back to I 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:02.120 believe May of last year. In a regulatory filing, so 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.719 Cal Edison themselves said, yeah, it was probably us. 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.520 Say that the sparks that ignited the brush on the 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.719 night of January seventh, twenty twenty five fell to the 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:17.200 ground because of electrical arking on one of three Southern 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.240 California Edison towers on a hill above Altadena. The report 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.640 says these arcing events ejected hot metal particles that fell 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.640 to the receptive fuel beds consisting of dry vegetation below 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:30.160 the towers. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:33.000 Wait, you know what this is extra frustrating for any 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:36.200 rate pair of Sokal Edison or PG and E or 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.520 SDG and E because they all do the same thing. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.320 How many times whenever it's just a little windy, do 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.440 they have a public safety power shut off and shut 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.080 off your power and this is the one time where 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.680 we're having historic winds they don't do it. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.320 Yeah, it seems like it doesn't matter which way you 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:58.159 look at it, the result is they punish us. They 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:02.159 shut off the power. They shut off the electricity out 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:04.880 of an abundance of caution because they don't want the 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.479 lines to go down in a fire to start, okay, 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.240 so we all have to sit in the dark. And 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.839 then when they do start a fire, and they do 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:17.239 kill people, and they do burn down homes and burn 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.880 animals alive, they then have to pay out huge sums 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:24.040 of money to the victims. But how do they raise 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.760 the money to pay the victims? They raise your raids. 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.719 And because the CPUC is made up of appointees of 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.040 Gavin Newsom that are mostly former executives from so Cal 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.880 Edison and PG and E, they get a rubber stamp 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:40.320 on everything, including last week when PG and E a 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.440 pride for a rate hike specifically just to pay off shareholders. 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.080 And I do get to point out there's a lot 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:53.120 of warranted criticism at so Cal Edison and PG and 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.440 E for the fires they cause, but we want to 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:57.960 make sure because I got a message in my DMS 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.360 last week about this. We're not blaming the linemen. We're 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:04.400 not blaming the trench diggers or the guys that work there. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.440 These are failures of management. So the guy who's just 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.720 working on the power lines, he's not the villain here. 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.440 The companies are, and the governor who allows this behavior 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.280 is and the legislature that is mostly bought and paid 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:19.320 for by them as well. 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:23.160 And let's just be clear how this works. If you 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:27.440 are Southern California, Edison or PG and E and your 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.440 people come to you and they go, we have a 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.640 lot of faulty equipment that we need to replace, and 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:37.080 if we don't replace that equipment, it could potentially cause 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.640 a fire and kill people and burn down homes and 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.960 the like. What they do is they look at the 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.840 number of what it would cost to fix the equipment, 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:49.480 and they look at the number of what it would 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:53.800 cost to pay out in lawsuits should a fire happen, 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:57.320 and whichever number is lower is the one that they 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:01.600 go with. They're just looking to save costs, save money. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.640 What happens to the people who are impacted by the 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.280 fires is not material to them. 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.520 Well, and there are specific things when you're going through 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.920 one of these rate hike requests, there are specific things 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.360 that you can use that money for. Like part of 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.120 the rate approvals that PG and E and so Cal 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:24.400 Edison get are specifically for wildfire mitigation improving their infrastructure. 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.560 And what did we find out a couple of years ago, 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.440 PG and E was using money that was supposed to 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:33.520 go towards wildfire prevention to pay for ad time on 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.160 local TV to tell you what a great job PG 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.640 and E is doing on preventing wildfires. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.120 And go back to the fire that burned down Paradise, California, 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.240 when those people were saying, Okay, how are you going 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:48.000 to make us whole? PG and E paid them in 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.840 PG and E stock, not in cash. And believe me, 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.160 if Newsom would let PG and E pay them in 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.680 confederate money, that's what they would have paid them with. 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.400 Resulted in ignition, causing the e eat and fire. Cell 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.800 phone and security video recorded at that moment and first 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.040 shared publicly by NBC four investigates more than a year ago, 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.320 showed the first flames of the Eaton fire spreading from 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:12.400 below that tower. 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.319 And what was just a theory before. 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.000 About how all of that happened is also confirmed in 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:18.640 the report. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.760 And this is, by the way, what they call a 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:24.480 zombie tower, an old piece of infrastructure that they hadn't 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.840 used in decades that they were supposed to remove and 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:29.880 they didn't because all that would cost money. 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.400 It found an idle or unused line with no electricity 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.839 that ended in the tower shown in this photo as 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.920 Tower three, that ran parallel to live lines, somehow became 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.800 energized that night, causing the arking. Nineteen people died as 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.280 a result of the fire, and it destroyed more than 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.280 nine thousand homes and businesses. Edison first flagged the idle 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:54.840 line issue in filings with state regulators shortly after the fire. 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.520 The suspect tower was removed and examined, and the new 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:02.079 fire report says that in inspection and lab work confirmed 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:02.880 how it happened. 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:04.880 Took them eighteen months to do this. 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:10.080 Boy, nothing happens fast here, not counting the votes, not 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:11.920 figuring out what's burning us alive. 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.760 Well, you could have done the shortcut route that Karen 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.559 Bass did for the Palisades fire and just doctor up 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:19.199 a report that says it's not her fault. 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:24.320 Edison also told regulators and investors last year it suspected 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.160 its equipment was related to the cause of the fire. 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.680 We did receive the La County Fire Department's report this 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.680 morning and we continue to review it. We have taken 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.000 our potential role in the start of the fire seriously. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:41.120 From the beginning, You guys, glasses were just a little 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:42.680 too big if. 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.560 You're Southern California, Edison, there's no excuse to get rid 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:49.000 of the zombie towers. You're leaving something up that belongs 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:53.640 to you, that has liability associated with it, that you're 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:55.599 not going to remove because you just don't want to 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:57.120 incur the cost for removing it. 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.840 That's how these private energy monopoli have operated for years 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:02.839 and years and years. 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:04.240 How did the campfire start? 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:08.120 Old equipment from PG and E that was rusted and 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.120 broke when there was a little bit of win that 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:13.040 started that devastating fire that wiped out a whole town. 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.559 It's the same story over and over and over again. 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.000 They do not want to invest in their own infrastructure. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.840 La County Fire Department told me it can't discuss any 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.160 of these findings in more detail because there is a 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:29.120 potential criminal case being evaluated by prosecutors and because of 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.679 all of the ongoing lawsuits that also involve the county. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.240 I'm investigative reporter Eric Leonard NBC four. 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.240 News, and that could be a local criminal charge, that 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.240 could also be a federal criminal charge. We'll see what 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.720 happens from that, but so cal Leedison potentially could be 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:50.120 facing criminal charges for this not that that really means anything, because, 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:53.640 to use everybody's favorite word, that means nothing. At the 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.400 end of the day, so Cal Edison is not going 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:57.719 to be held accountable. 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.960 I just don't understand why you wouldn't get rid of 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.680 something that you have that you have no use for. 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:15.480 Just ask Bruce Jenner, now Johnny to add insult to injury. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:22.320 The California utility monopolies, whether we're talking about so Cal Edison, 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.880 or PG and E or San Diego Gas and Electric, 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:31.920 they're on Capitol Hill and they are looking to lobby 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:36.160 in Sacramento to get new laws passed that would limit 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:40.760 their liability when they start wildfires, because of course why not, 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:42.000 Because of. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:45.000 Course it's it's the lawyer's fault that they're getting sued. 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.760 That's the same argument that Uber tried to make when 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.920 every eight second someone is getting sexually assaulted in the 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:54.720 back of an Uber. For more here at CBSLA, A high. 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.840 Stakes battle is brewing in Sacramento tonight. 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.800 Yes, California's biggest utility companies, which are are raking in 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.960 billions of dollars and profits, want new laws to protect 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.880 themselves after wildfires. And CBSLA political reporter Tom Wait is 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:09.839 here to explain what could this mean to you? 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.640 Right, So, there's a few different issues at play here, 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.680 and we'll get into all of them because it is 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.080 a bit much. So state lawmakers went backward to work 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.360 today they've been They have one month before their session ends, 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.280 and there are reports that behind closed doors they're discussing 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:30.000 new laws that could protect electric companies from massive lawsuits. 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.240 Boy, that doesn't sound like a representative government that represents 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.679 the people. That sounds like a representative government that represents 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:37.520 their donors. 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.240 And if you're getting all ginned up about southern California, 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.880 Edison and PG and E don't because they have a 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.920 monopoly and it's not like you can cancel your service 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.840 and sign up with a different company. 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.800 After wildfires, fire victims, consumer watchdogs, and even the insurance 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:57.480 companies are banding. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:58.680 Together to stop all of this. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:05.040 A showdown in Sacramento over wildfires and California's biggest for 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:08.520 profit electric companies. With just weeks to go until this 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:12.680 year's legislative session ends, electric companies are spending a record 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.880 amount on lobbying to get new laws passed that would 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:17.079 limit their liability. 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.520 I wonder how much lower your rates could be for 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.920 PGN and SoCal Edison if they weren't spending millions of 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.040 dollars every year on bribing politicians. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.680 Just imagine if any other industry did this. If this 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.960 was the tobacco industry, or this was the gun industry 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.880 that wanted a special carve out for liability, people would 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.320 go nuts. But when utilities do it, it's like, why not. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:46.000 In future fires? Fire victims and consumer watchdog groups are 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:47.840 sounding an alarm this year. 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:51.560 All three utilities are doing just fine. They're making big profits, 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.080 they have big rate hikes, They got a lot of 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:53.720 money in the bank. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.000 Pg and E got six rate hikes last year. 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:56.640 Six. 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.120 So they have to spend this money on lobbying to 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.360 convince legislators they're in trouble. Because they're not in trouble. 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:08.520 You do what PGNE stands for. What's that pillage gouge 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.000 and exterminate. 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:16.240 Accurate, protect us eating fire survivors, not the perpetrators of 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:17.600 catastrophic fires. 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:19.760 You don't have to lose your home to be hurt 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:20.520 by wildfire. 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:25.080 The electric companies also launched this public campaign called Wildfire 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:26.000 Victims First. 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.400 Okay, this might be the most insulting thing to all 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:32.200 this is that the electric companies have created a fake 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:36.400 political action committee that's supposed to be helping wildfire victims, 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.120 but really they're an advocacy group for PG and E 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:40.520 and so cal Edison. 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:43.680 Trying to convince the public that California. 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.400 Needs Like, if you want any more evidence that politics 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.800 in California is disgusting, here you go. 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.920 These new laws that limit how much attorneys can sue 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:52.160 for after fires. 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:57.040 The worst part is in public. They're not even talking 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.960 publicly to the media. They're talking through this group called 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:06.080 Wildfire Victims First, which is funded one hundred percent by 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:06.920 the utilities. 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.720 A spokesperson for Wildfire Victims First, in a statement said 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:14.280 this about Consumer Watchdog, it should come as no surprise 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:17.480 that they are trying to protect a system that prioritizes 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.400 trial attorneys over wildfe Okay, victim. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:27.440 Nathan Klick, he's the spokesman for the Wildfire Victims First organization. 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.320 Correct that name rings a bell that is fully funded 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:35.200 by the utilities. Correct, Yes, Okay, he was a spokesman 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:39.080 for Newsom. Yep, it all goes together. And let's just 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.480 remind you one last time, Gavin Newsom, when he was 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:46.640 caught drinking twelve thousand dollars worth of wine and not 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.400 wearing a mask at the French laundry. Was there to 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:53.320 celebrate his buddy's birthday. His buddy is the lobbyist for 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.040 PG and E. Would you see PG and E and 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:03.640 you see Southern California, Edison understand their appendages of Gavin Newsom. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.720 Fire survivors were lawmakers and the governor are meeting behind 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:11.240 closed doors to discuss protections for the utilities. But no 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.800 one in Sacramento will confirm that on the record. 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.480 I have not been subject to a quote unquote lobbying campaign. 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.920 Democratic Assemblyman John Harbetian represents Altadena. He says he's not 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:25.480 aware of any pending legislation that would provide bailouts or 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:26.479 any other new protection. 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:28.399 Well, they don't go for the guy that's in the 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.240 district that has the fire that's affected. They know how 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.359 he's going to vote. But Johnny wasn't it Chad Mays 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:36.679 that helped bail out PG and E and he was 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:39.560 in southern California, nowhere near PG. 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:40.760 And e'es rat area. 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:44.120 That's right. He was the Republican leader who did exactly 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.199 the same thing that the current leader did, which is 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:49.080 sell out the Republicans to do the bidding of the Democrats. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.800 Then he switched parties and authored legislation that would bail 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:57.399 out PG and E even though he represented Yuka Valley, 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:02.000 which is in San Bernardino County the legislature, an area 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.600 that PG and E did not service. And then he 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.160 went to work for a firm that handled the lobbying 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.800 for PG and E once he got out of the legislature. 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.720 So there you go. Here's what you need to know today. 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.199 It's official. 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