California lawmakers to tackle key wildfire question: Who pays for damages?
As
Though Gov.
The issue has been described as the most weighty one now up for debate in the
The appointed forum is a 10-member bipartisan conference committee -- including Sen.
But the conflict stems from a
While the Legislature is on recess, the conference committee will hold its first in a series of public hearings Wednesday at the
Wara did not respond to a request for comment Friday, but he was quoted in June as saying utilities have a good case for policy change. "The current legal regime, I believe, is unsustainable," he said in Stateline, an initiative of
Under inverse condemnation,
"That's a huge risk for their investors," he said. "That's like a coin toss with your money."
Wara is a senior research fellow at the
"Now is not the time to let the utilities off the hook," said Sherwood. "We know we have to be the voice for future wildfire survivors. They need to have every tool available to them to rebuild."
The stakes are high for
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