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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Daum, the lobbyist with the subcontractors association, said contractors who try to hide the fact they have employees and neglect their responsibility to get workers' comp have an unfair advantage over those who follow the rules: Without paying for insurance, their costs are lower, allowing them to make lower bids on project contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill does not require a set level of workers' comp coverage. Currently, about half of California's construction companies that have the benefit have chosen what are called minimum policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many contractors who have not claimed employees in the past are expected to choose such plans, which range from $500 to $5,000 a year, according to the State Compensation Insurance Fund, one of California's leading providers of the benefit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost range depends on the industry in which the contractor works, how many people they employ and their claims history, the fund's chief risk officer, Ken Van Laar, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As we've seen, failure to carry workers' compensation has had devastating impacts for workers (and their families) who are injured on the job,\" said Veena Dubal, a UC Hastings College of the Law professor specializing in employment law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the bill passes and contractors do not get workers' comp, the state could suspend their license and they could be charged with a misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubal raised concerns that not complying with the potential new rules could lead to criminal prosecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's really troubling,\" Dubal said. \"Addressing workplace violations through criminal law is a trend that, I'm afraid, will be used to disproportionately impact small business, racial minorities and immigrant contractors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to Dubal's concerns, Natalie Watmore, a CSLB representative, noted that the bill does not change the existing criminal penalties for contractors who lack workers' comp. It just expands the existing regulations to more industries and cuts out exemptions for companies that do not claim employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watmore said the agency does not expect to refer a significant number of cases for criminal enforcement. She emphasized that the proposed regulations apply to all contractors regardless of their background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 216 was recently placed in the Senate Committee on Appropriations' suspense file and is expected to face its next hearing in late May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it passes, state officials say they plan to make sure contractors are aware of the new rules by posting them on a CSLB \u003ca href=\"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/Newsletters/winter-2021-CLC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">newsletter\u003c/a>, industry \u003ca href=\"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/media_room/industry_bulletins/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bulletins\u003c/a>, social media posts and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Media_Room/consumer_education/licensing_workshops.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workshops\u003c/a> for firms to get contractors' licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When supporters of increasing commercial property taxes, reshaping property tax transfer rules and legalizing sports gambling began formulating initiatives to put before voters in November, California's economy was riding high — unemployment was at historic lows and state coffers were flush with fat surpluses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With less than five months until Election Day, campaigns are now facing a different reality. California's economy has cratered due to the pandemic, leaving lawmakers scrambling to fill tens of billions of dollars in lost revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also reshaped the political landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you start an initiative campaign, you start so much ahead of when the actual ballot contest is that the entire world changes under your feet before you actually get to the ballot,\" said Gale Kaufman, a political consultant with experience on dozens of high-profile ballot campaigns. \"And certainly this go round, it's moved several times and very dramatically.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, ballot ideas promising to raise billions of dollars in new revenues are likely to be pitched as lifelines for the state budget and the services they fund. And supporters are betting that Californians will again be willing to support new taxes on the ballot if the alternative is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822452/newsoms-proposed-cuts-to-child-care-rates-have-advocates-worried\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">painful cuts to schools\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11819605/advocates-warn-proposed-budget-cuts-will-put-more-seniors-into-nursing-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social services\u003c/a>, as voters did during the last economic downturn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Napa Sen. Bill Dodd, author of a new sports gaming measure\"]'In a COVID-19 environment, raising money from as many sources as possible so we can make fewer cuts to this already devastated budget is so incredibly important.'[/pullquote]The largest and most controversial new revenue measure would roll back part of Proposition 13, the landmark initiative passed by voters in 1978, to raise taxes on commercial properties worth over $3 million while leaving residential property taxes untouched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of so-called \"split-roll\" reform has been around for decades. Under this version, backed largely by unions representing teachers and others, the increased assessments of commercial properties could raise up to $12 billion a year for local governments and schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With local governments weighing deep cuts and schools facing increased costs to safely reopen in light of the coronavirus, \"this measure is needed now more than ever,\" said Alex Stack, a spokesman for the Schools and Communities First ballot campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget crunch could also give a boost to initiative ideas that do more than just raise revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A ballot measure sponsored by the California Association of Realtors would make it easier for homeowners to transfer their existing property tax rate to a new home, similar to Proposition 5, which California voters rejected in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike that measure, the realtors' new initiative would also require property tax reassessments for inherited properties, which could ultimately result in schools and local governments reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now local governments are facing severe budget deficits across the state,\" said Becky Warren, a spokeswoman for the campaign. \"This does not increase the tax rate while still providing some additional new revenues that could be used to fill some of those budget deficits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators are getting into the game also. At the state Capitol, a proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821371/should-california-legalize-and-tax-sports-betting-voters-could-decide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legalize and tax sports wagering\u003c/a> has been in the works for a year. Now, supporters of the idea hope the desperate state budget situation will entice support from voters who have no interest in ever placing a bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11821371 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43409_GettyImages-967865190-qut-1020x680.jpg']\"In a COVID-19 environment, raising money from as many sources as possible so we can make fewer cuts to this already devastated budget is so incredibly important,\" said State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, the author of the sports gaming measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sports gaming industry analysts estimate that taxes on sports wagering could bring in $500 to $700 million in new general fund revenues each year. The measure still faces an uncertain path to the ballot, as it will require a two-thirds vote in both houses of the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state lawmakers have weighed billions in cuts to child care, senior services and health care, some have pointed to recent history for hopeful examples of voters rescuing the state budget at the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"$14 billion in trigger cuts would be a disaster,\" said Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, referring to state spending reductions set to happen unless federal funding come through. \"We need to look at other options, whether that's internal borrowing or going to the voters like Governor [Jerry] Brown did in 2012 with Prop 30.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 30 raised sales taxes as well as income taxes on the state's highest earners to generate billions of dollars for the state's general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure followed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11819069/what-lawmakers-learned-from-the-last-budget-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">years of budget cuts\u003c/a> that slashed billions from schools, libraries and services for the disabled after the Great Recession ravaged the economy and government budgets. Brown warned that if Proposition 30 was rejected, further cuts would follow if voters didn't come to the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, the state's current fiscal situation has quickly spiraled downhill; just six months ago, state lawmakers were planning historic investments in schools and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With Prop 30, you had several years where [voters] saw teachers being laid off. They saw serious cuts taking effect in their classrooms,\" said Kaufman, who worked to get Proposition 30 on the ballot. \"This is not the same because it hasn't happened yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Politics Coverage' tag='politics']And opponents of the tax measures say it would be unfair to turn to voters, millions of whom out are of work or struggling to keep businesses afloat, to solve the state's budget problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To say that this is the time to raise taxes is utterly irrational and very dangerous,\" said Susan Shelley of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which opposes both the split roll and property tax transfer initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shelley said that changing Proposition 13 to raise taxes on large commercial property owners could result in further layoffs, while the realtors' property tax measure could saddle children with an enormous bill for any property they inherit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more applicable history lesson, Shelley said, is the result of California's March primary, when voters rejected a statewide school bond and several local bond measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Voters were already sending a message that they are taxed at the limit and they can't pay anymore,\" she said. \"This is an indication that voters in California are squeezed and they can't pay anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the uncertainty on what economic and public health realities voters will face in November, the ballot campaigns may have to shift their messages more than once in the next five months, said Kaufman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think anyone running one of those campaigns can attempt to do it based on good, solid data, but to be honest, right now, the data has gotta be really about today. 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent day at an expansive National Guard airfield in Los Alamitos, local fire officials put on display what $4.5 million can buy: planes crammed with high-definition cameras, radar and infrared equipment that peers through smoke. This eye in the sky can provide commanders on the ground with a broad picture of a wildfire in its infancy, the most critical time for decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plane — operating at 10,000 feet, out of signal range — beams the information to a smaller aircraft below, which relays it to a UC San Diego research team running a lab known as \u003ca href=\"https://wifire.ucsd.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIFIRE\u003c/a>. The lab’s supercomputer spits out mapping and heat-detection data within minutes, and it generates a model of how the fire might spread based on a number of factors — the holy grail for fire bosses. Eventually, such information will go to a wildfire warning center created under a new state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"power-shutoffs\" label=\"Pacific Gas and Electric Power Shutoffs\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planes are part of a pilot program, an aspect of California’s emphasis on technology to respond to wildfire. In the state’s new landscape of more frequent and more ferocious fires, it takes a village to combat the menace: private technology, state and local fire agencies and computing know-how at California’s universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push to better anticipate wildfire danger is intended, in part, to provide early warning to residents about conditions so they can evacuate safely, before any flames get near. But the information bounty, welcome to many state officials and agencies, has potential downsides: It could regularly scare the heck out of Californians with a never-ending barrage of red-flag warnings, ever more disruptive power shutdowns — like the one \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11783228/with-massive-blackout-still-in-place-pge-considers-yet-another-preemptive-outage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 700,000 Northern\u003c/a> Californians recently endured — and ever more warnings to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More frequent alerts could eventually cause residents to disregard them, acknowledged state Sen. Bill Dodd, who \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed\u003c/a> the warning center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we do risk that the pendulum swings the other way,” said the Napa Democrat. “But it’s probably better to err on the side of giving folks too much information. We have to do this surgically so that only the people in the high-threat areas get these notices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually the warning center will be operated by the state firefighting arm, known as Cal Fire, and by the Public Utilities Commission and California’s Department of Emergency Services, Dodd said. The information collected — from multiple sources under various auspices — will be shared with federal, state and local authorities, utility companies and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Cottie Petrie-Norris, Laguna Beach assemblywoman (D)\"]'We need to shift strategies to deal with the constant threat of wildfires. We need better tools.'[/pullquote]Gov. Gavin Newsom budgeted about $1 billion in new funding for fire preparedness and response, and said he intends to tap into the hive mind of California’s innovative businesses to create better tools for predicting and attacking fire. In January, on his first full day in office, Newsom signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1.8.19-EO-N-04-19.pdf\">executive order\u003c/a> establishing the Wildfire Innovation Sprint, a program to foster that innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has already signed the program’s first two contracts. One project will use advanced computing to predict a fire’s path; the other will fund a network of “sky sensors” to detect fires as soon as they ignite and send alerts to emergency officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the Public Utilities Commission hosted an international conference exploring how to harness science, private-sector products and yet-to-be-developed devices to respond to wildfires. The discussion included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Smartphone apps to guide residents along the safest evacuation routes during the smoke and chaos of fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Equipment that utilities attach to power lines to provide real-time diagnostics\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The use of artificial intelligence to “teach” remote cameras to monitor backcountry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unmanned drones to observe fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>High-speed computing to predict and track fires\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We need to shift strategies to deal with the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-worsening-wildfires-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constant threat\u003c/a> of wildfires,” said Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, a Laguna Beach Democrat. She secured the state funds for the pilot aviation project, which is being used in five Southern California counties. “We need better tools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"kincade-fire\" label=\"Sonoma County's Kincade Fire\"]Part of the state’s plan is to knit together what exists already: copious weather data, cameras operated by utility companies and federal partners. The new approach emphasizes information sharing, a potentially difficult concept for utilities and other businesses typically more comfortable keeping their data to themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its involvement in the plane pilot program, UC San Diego operates the \u003ca href=\"http://www.alertwildfire.org/northbay/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALERT Wildfire system\u003c/a> with the University of Nevada and the University of Oregon, a network of almost 300 high-definition cameras trained on high-fire-threat areas. The remotely operated cameras can see up to 70 miles in daylight and 100 miles with infrared at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each camera pans and tilts every two minutes, said Neal Driscoll, who runs the program. The resulting information feeds into a computer that “learns” what constitutes normal conditions in a specific place. When the cameras detect an anomaly such as a smoke plume, an alarm goes off, alerting a myriad of local and state agencies that monitor the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of a fire, authorities can manipulate the camera network to identify the fire site with fine resolution and quickly create a map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11784102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11784102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39922_FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-photo-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Computer in Capt. Michael Flynn’s command vehicle shows view from airplane sending fire data from the sky. \u003ccite>(Nancy Pastor/CalMatters )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Computer programmers are using artificial intelligence to teach the network to distinguish between clouds and smoke, Driscoll said, and over time the cameras will act as remote 911 sensors. Such sensors send alarms to computers in dozens of emergency centers and other offices around the state, where Cal Fire or another agency can take control of the cameras and determine whether to dispatch a crew or whether it’s a false alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having real-time data and being able to move these cameras from command centers has changed the way we fight fire,” Driscoll said. “They allow us to make a quick confirmation of a fire and make critical decisions in the critical moment — at the incipient point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to expand the system eventually to 1,000 cameras around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11784085 alignright\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic--160x264.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the interaction with new technology falls to Cal Fire and local fire agencies, where handed-down traditions are strong. 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The resulting information feeds into a computer that “learns” what constitutes normal conditions in a specific place. 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Such sensors send alarms to computers in dozens of emergency centers and other offices around the state, where Cal Fire or another agency can take control of the cameras and determine whether to dispatch a crew or whether it’s a false alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having real-time data and being able to move these cameras from command centers has changed the way we fight fire,” Driscoll said. “They allow us to make a quick confirmation of a fire and make critical decisions in the critical moment — at the incipient point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to expand the system eventually to 1,000 cameras around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11784085 alignright\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic-.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/FIRE-TECHNOLOGY-graphic--160x264.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the interaction with new technology falls to Cal Fire and local fire agencies, where handed-down traditions are strong. 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Republicans were much harder on Newsom, with 83% saying he handled it “very” poorly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature got marks similar to the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11782143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Newsom-PGE-Response-Poll-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Newsom-PGE-Response-Poll-800x570.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Newsom-PGE-Response-Poll-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Newsom-PGE-Response-Poll-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Newsom-PGE-Response-Poll-1200x854.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Newsom-PGE-Response-Poll.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, a spokeswoman for Newsom said he shares the public’s frustration and that he’s continuing to work on solutions to help protect the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If PG&E had prioritized safety over profits and had updated their infrastructure like other utilities, we would not be in this situation,” said spokeswoman Vicky Waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is certainly frustrating for the governor and it’s no doubt frustrating for the public. The governor has aggressively held the utility accountable and also provided state personnel, state funding, and changes to state laws, to help reduce the fallout for Californians from PG&E’s decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11779330 label='Another Governor, Another Power Crisis' hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Gavin-Newsom-1020x680.jpg\"]Overall, just 20% of respondents said they viewed the first round of outages as necessary, with 53% saying they were not. And 63% rated PG&E’s handling of the incident below-average or very poor — a response that crossed party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But things get more complicated when you dig a bit deeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In bad news for PG&E, a plurality of respondents — 40% — said they think PG&E should be broken up into smaller regional utilities; 30% supported a public takeover of the embattled utility. Just 1 percent backed what the poll called “a public bailout.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And reflecting the growing frustration with PG&E, Californians appear to have soured on the entire investor-owned-utility structure, in which publicly traded companies get a monopoly to provide a utility to the public, and receive a guaranteed profit margin, but are regulated by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A solid 62% of those polled said it’s a bad idea to have a utility’s shares traded on Wall Street. And 77% agreed with the statement, “It’s always a bad idea to have investor owned public utilities. They’re more concerned about shareholders’ returns than creating a safe infrastructure for the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians have lost faith in large, Wall Street-driven publicly traded companies to put people first,” Reilly said. “The plurality of Californians, 40%, want the basics — light, power and public safety — to be managed by smaller, regional utilities that will prioritize community interest over investor interest. Another 30% want the state to take these companies over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11782149\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-800x591.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-1020x754.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-1200x887.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup.jpg 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But interestingly, just 18% of those polled blame inadequate PG&E equipment as the biggest driver of wildfires in recent years — even though the utility has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729842/pge-says-its-equipment-likely-caused-camp-fire-as-investigation-continues\">admitted fault\u003c/a> in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11747838/pge-blamed-for-sparking-deadly-camp-fire-now-what\">deadliest, most destructive wildfire in modern California history\u003c/a> and is blamed by state investigators for other destructive blazes in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, 30% said inadequate forest management was to blame for recent wildfires, and 29% said climate change is the culprit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conflicting feelings among poll respondents in some ways mirror the evolving position of state lawmakers around how to deal with PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Coverage\" tag=\"pge\"]Last year, in the wake of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/north-bay-fires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017 North Bay Fires\u003c/a>, lawmakers rejected \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682315/governor-jerry-brown-proposal-would-make-it-harder-to-sue-utilities-for-fire-damages\">efforts by PG&E and Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Overall, just 20% of respondents said they viewed the first round of outages as necessary, with 53% saying they were not. And 63% rated PG&E’s handling of the incident below-average or very poor — a response that crossed party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But things get more complicated when you dig a bit deeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In bad news for PG&E, a plurality of respondents — 40% — said they think PG&E should be broken up into smaller regional utilities; 30% supported a public takeover of the embattled utility. Just 1 percent backed what the poll called “a public bailout.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And reflecting the growing frustration with PG&E, Californians appear to have soured on the entire investor-owned-utility structure, in which publicly traded companies get a monopoly to provide a utility to the public, and receive a guaranteed profit margin, but are regulated by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A solid 62% of those polled said it’s a bad idea to have a utility’s shares traded on Wall Street. And 77% agreed with the statement, “It’s always a bad idea to have investor owned public utilities. They’re more concerned about shareholders’ returns than creating a safe infrastructure for the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians have lost faith in large, Wall Street-driven publicly traded companies to put people first,” Reilly said. “The plurality of Californians, 40%, want the basics — light, power and public safety — to be managed by smaller, regional utilities that will prioritize community interest over investor interest. Another 30% want the state to take these companies over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11782149\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-800x591.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-1020x754.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup-1200x887.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/PNG-Future-Breakup.jpg 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But interestingly, just 18% of those polled blame inadequate PG&E equipment as the biggest driver of wildfires in recent years — even though the utility has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729842/pge-says-its-equipment-likely-caused-camp-fire-as-investigation-continues\">admitted fault\u003c/a> in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11747838/pge-blamed-for-sparking-deadly-camp-fire-now-what\">deadliest, most destructive wildfire in modern California history\u003c/a> and is blamed by state investigators for other destructive blazes in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, 30% said inadequate forest management was to blame for recent wildfires, and 29% said climate change is the culprit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conflicting feelings among poll respondents in some ways mirror the evolving position of state lawmakers around how to deal with PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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For less common but more severe violations, including those when refineries are found to be negligent or engage in \"willful and intentional\" acts that break regulations, penalties would have risen to as high as $250,000 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill's death marks the second time in the last five years an effort to raise penalties for serious oil facility violations has failed in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, on the heels of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/chevron-refinery-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major fire\u003c/a> at Chevron's Richmond refinery, then-state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, introduced similar legislation. It was approved by the state Senate but failed on the Assembly floor amid opposition from the energy industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western States Petroleum Association opposed Dodd's bill, too, but a spokesman for the industry group declined requests for a comment on why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2015, the association and its member companies have donated close to $26 million to political action committees and the campaigns of current state legislators, according to an analysis of campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State's Office by MapLight, an organization that studies the influence of money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Dodd said it wasn't the oil industry's influence that led to the legislation's demise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think the refineries being against it caused this to happen,\" he said. \"It was the fact that there was nobody else, no significant support, on the other side.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayors of Benicia and Richmond, home to the Valero and Chevron refineries, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said the bill was not strong enough\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson expressed disappointment that Dodd did not amend the bill after she and Richmond Mayor Tom Butt called for it to be strengthened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fines, even if tripled, aren't proportional to the cost of the event,\" Patterson said, adding that Dodd should have gathered more support for the bill in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It never had grass-roots support,\" Patterson said. \"There wasn't an outreach to the affected communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson had wanted funds from the fines to be directed to communities hurt by refinery malfunctions. Valero's power outage last May not only led to the release of a large amount of pollution, but also forced Benicia's city government to spend hours handling an emergency and led to evacuations and shelter-in-place orders, among other problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We got a pretty lousy image ... with a lot of black smoke,\" Patterson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District also wanted the fine amounts to be higher than those Dodd proposed. The agency's board of directors voted last week to push for amendments to the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists also felt the bill was weak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollin Kretzmann, at the Center for Biological Diversity, said the proposal was a good step but should have been stronger. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd said he thought his proposal was a common-sense compromise that could win legislative approval and make its way through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, I was trying to thread the needle in a space that I thought was fair,\" Dodd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, air regulators like the Bay Area Air Quality Management District can hand down fines of up to $10,000 a day when a refinery releases pollutants that violate air quality standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists, local elected officials and the air district have complained that the penalty is barely pocket change for companies like San Ramon-based \u003ca href=\"https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/static-files/ceb2ee1f-8f99-4cb1-a40a-da8f8a92b685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chevron, which earned more than $9 billion in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd's bill would have increased those penalties to as much as $30,000 a day. For less common but more severe violations, including those when refineries are found to be negligent or engage in \"willful and intentional\" acts that break regulations, penalties would have risen to as high as $250,000 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill's death marks the second time in the last five years an effort to raise penalties for serious oil facility violations has failed in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, on the heels of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/chevron-refinery-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major fire\u003c/a> at Chevron's Richmond refinery, then-state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, introduced similar legislation. It was approved by the state Senate but failed on the Assembly floor amid opposition from the energy industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western States Petroleum Association opposed Dodd's bill, too, but a spokesman for the industry group declined requests for a comment on why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2015, the association and its member companies have donated close to $26 million to political action committees and the campaigns of current state legislators, according to an analysis of campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State's Office by MapLight, an organization that studies the influence of money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Dodd said it wasn't the oil industry's influence that led to the legislation's demise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think the refineries being against it caused this to happen,\" he said. \"It was the fact that there was nobody else, no significant support, on the other side.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayors of Benicia and Richmond, home to the Valero and Chevron refineries, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said the bill was not strong enough\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson expressed disappointment that Dodd did not amend the bill after she and Richmond Mayor Tom Butt called for it to be strengthened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fines, even if tripled, aren't proportional to the cost of the event,\" Patterson said, adding that Dodd should have gathered more support for the bill in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It never had grass-roots support,\" Patterson said. \"There wasn't an outreach to the affected communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson had wanted funds from the fines to be directed to communities hurt by refinery malfunctions. Valero's power outage last May not only led to the release of a large amount of pollution, but also forced Benicia's city government to spend hours handling an emergency and led to evacuations and shelter-in-place orders, among other problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We got a pretty lousy image ... with a lot of black smoke,\" Patterson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District also wanted the fine amounts to be higher than those Dodd proposed. The agency's board of directors voted last week to push for amendments to the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists also felt the bill was weak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollin Kretzmann, at the Center for Biological Diversity, said the proposal was a good step but should have been stronger. State lawmakers, though, need to act, Kretzmann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"California legislators need to end these political games and get serious about protecting our air and climate,\" Kretzmann said. \"Every day they fail to act, communities near these dirty refineries pay the price with their health and safety.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Bill Dodd, D-Napa, wants to triple some of the most serious penalties local air districts can levy against oil companies when their refineries violate emissions regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd, who represents a district that's home to refineries owned by Shell, Tesoro and Valero, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would raise the limits on certain fines for the first time in decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The reality is, oil refineries are still part of our transportation system and the bottom line is, we have to be as safe as possible,\" Dodd said in an interview. \"The fines ought to be commensurate with the actions, or lack of actions, taken by the refineries.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd says his bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 1144\u003c/a>, was prompted largely by two recent refinery incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, a power outage at Valero's Benicia refinery led to the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/14/benicia-still-looking-for-answers-from-valero-six-months-after-refinery-outage/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release\u003c/a> of more than 80,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, resulting in evacuation and shelter-in-place orders for nearby residents. 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The bill would raise the maximum to $125,000 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In cases where an energy company intentionally violates an emissions rule, maximum fines would jump from $75,000 to $250,000 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties would also increase to as much as $500,000 a day for refineries responsible for the same serious violation within three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists and local air regulators agree that the current penalties are not high enough to provide a financial incentive for the industry to avoid serious violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who represents an area that's home to Richmond's Chevron refinery, says Dodd's proposal doesn't go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've had far too many chemical and refinery releases over the years and we need a higher penalty to provide even greater incentive for these companies to work even harder,\" said Gioia, who is a board member at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We would welcome the opportunity to work with Sen. Dodd to strengthen the bill so that it does truly have a meaningful impact on these facilities and protect public health,\" Gioia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district has sponsored previous legislative efforts to raise the fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example in 2013, on the heels of a major fire at Richmond's Chevron facility, then state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, introduced legislation to raise the penalties higher than what Dodd is proposing. Under Hancock's measure, the maximum fine against a refinery found liable for a violation would rise to $100,000 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That bill was approved by the state Senate but failed on the Assembly floor amid opposition from energy companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Fines are so low. 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