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"disqusTitle": "What Could Be Worse Than the Next Big Fire? The Next Big Fire Caused by PG&E",
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"content": "\u003cp>Pacific Gas & Electric’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11722186/5-things-to-know-about-the-pge-bankruptcy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bankruptcy\u003c/a> has set off a financial race among creditors, bondholders, wildfire victims, insurers and others hoping to recover as much money as they can from California’s largest utility. The road to rehabilitation is expected to be twisty and long, lasting two to three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Californians confronting the new normal of climate-driven wildfire, PG&E’s woes have an additional wrinkle: the likelihood that the state’s pain will be compounded if PG&E ends up causing the next big disaster — which, given PG&E’s size and record, is a real possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read more of KQED's coverage\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\">PG&E Unveils Wildfire Safety Plan Featuring Possible Large-Scale Power Cutoffs\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725974/what-happens-when-the-next-big-wildfire-hits\">What Happens When the Next Big Wildfire Hits?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720738/cal-fire-pge-not-at-fault-in-fire-that-destroyed-parts-of-santa-rosa\">Cal Fire: PG&E Power Lines Did Not Start Fire That Destroyed Parts of Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like all California utilities, PG&E has filed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extensive wildfire prevention plans\u003c/a>. In addition to removing trees, adding weather stations and insulating equipment, the utility serving northern and central California has vowed to expand power shut-off territory to as many as 5.4 million customers, up from 570,000 today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, PG&E is a prime suspect in the deadliest fire in state history, the Butte County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Fire\u003c/a>. And a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-utilities-wildfires-regulators-20190128-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times report\u003c/a> citing the California Public Utilities Commission found that of more than 2,000 wildfires between June 2014 and December 2017 traced to utilities, more than 1,500 were caused by PG&E equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should PG&E be liable for another major wildfire while the company is still reorganizing in bankruptcy court, it would add costs for consumers and complicate claims for victims. PG&E’s 16 million customers, who are already expected to shoulder bankruptcy debts, would have to pay off new wildfire costs and any new safety measures ordered by a federal judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a twist, victims of the next PG&E fire would jump ahead of existing PG&E victims — and likely collect more — as a result of how claims get prioritized in bankruptcy proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I were an existing tort victim, I’d say it’s terrible,” said Robert Rasmussen, a law professor specializing in bankruptcy at the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Growing risk and high stakes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1331\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727141\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-1200x832.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redding firefighters look on as the Carr Fire moves through the area on July 28, 2018. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The PG&E story is playing out against the broader realization that climate change is about to become breathtakingly costly. Already, insurers are adjusting premiums to reflect the rising frequency and severity of disaster in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildfire damages from the past two years alone have been so staggering that insurance companies say it could take until the middle of the century for them to break even. Meanwhile, as insurance rates climb in wildfire country, insurers say homeowners, may be scrimping or buying no coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, said studies show that as insurance rates rise, consumers are more likely to consciously under-insure, often not even covering their cost of rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an affordability issue,” Frazier said. “People just buy less.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>'This pressure comes at a time when the entire energy market is evolving\u003c/strong> … Regulations and insurance practices created decades ago didn’t anticipate these changes.'\u003ccite>Gov. Gavin Newsom,\u003cbr>2019 State of the State\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the environmental risk grows. State and federal forestry officials announced this week that 147 million trees have died in California since 2010. The trees are the direct victims of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/what-is-killing-californias-trees/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drought and disease\u003c/a> and become fuel for the next wildfire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At ground zero of that ongoing risk are California’s utilities, who fight increasingly long odds as they struggle to keep equipment from sparking towering infernos while keeping the lights on. For them, too, the market has spoken. Credit rating agencies have downgraded not just PG&E but also Southern California Edison and the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric amid concerns about exposure to fire claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation has offered state lawmakers few easy political solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This pressure comes at a time when the entire energy market is evolving,” Gov. Gavin Newsom noted in his \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/newsom-state-of-the-state-annotated/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of the State address\u003c/a>. “From roof-top solar and wind generation to smart grid technologies, from community choice aggregators to direct access service, otherwise known as power purchasing agreements, more and more of our electricity now is procured outside of investor-owned utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regulations and insurance practices created decades ago didn’t anticipate these changes. So we must map out longer-term strategies, not just for the utilities’ future, but for California’s energy future, to ensure that the cost of climate change doesn’t fall on those least able to afford it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has assembled a strike team of climate experts and bankruptcy lawyers to deal with the PG&E fallout, and said they’ll be working for the next two months on a comprehensive strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Victims vs. victims\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1129061916-e1550521953504.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1129061916-e1550521953504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727143\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial of wooden crosses line the road in Paradise three months after the Camp Fire in honor of those who lost their lives. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even before the bankruptcy, legal experts and lawmakers warned that those who lost loved ones and homes in the recent wildfires might end up being shortchanged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers representing 2017 and 2018 fire victims understood that a Chapter 11 filing disadvantaged their clients as unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. When a company files for bankruptcy, civil lawsuits get put on hold. This automatic “stay,” impairs the negotiating leverage of plaintiffs, who often end up settling for a fraction of what they might have gotten otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing this, fire victims held a last-ditch rally at the Capitol with legal activist \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/pge-tubbs-fire-california-hate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Brockovich\u003c/a> to demand the state keep PG&E out of bankruptcy. But that was just one example of the complexity posed by bankruptcy law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another legal surprise, any new wildfire victims could jump ahead of old victims because new claims would be have to be filed in bankruptcy court, as opposed to state court. Bankruptcy follows different proceedings, which would deem them administrative claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen said that creates tension between new and old victims. And, he added, bankruptcy proceedings could allow the new victims to be more speedily paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why a PG&E bankruptcy?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727145\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Down power lines off Atlas Peak Road in Napa after the fires in the fall of 2017. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under state law, utilities face strict liability for damages from any fire traced to its equipment, even if they were not negligent. This is known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680950/a-political-firestorm-is-about-to-hit-the-capitol-who-will-pay-for-wildfire-damages\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inverse condemnation\u003c/a>. Though the legal doctrine has been around for decades, it has become problematic for utilities as the state experiences longer bouts of drought and hot weather. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1934332/the-largest-deadliest-and-most-destructive-fires-in-california-history\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seven of the 10\u003c/a> most destructive wildfires in state history have happened in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, state regulators have seemingly made it harder to pass liability costs to customers. In 2017, the five-member California Public Utilities Commission, the state agency that oversees investor-owned utilities, blocked San Diego Gas & Electric from passing on $379 million in liability costs on the premise that the utility’s management of its facilities is unreasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/742bbf72-137e-476d-a57d-498cb6a9cbf9?src=embed\" title=\"PG&E disasters\" width=\"700\" height=\"1400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though PG&E was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/pge-tubbs-fire-california-hate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exonerated\u003c/a> in the 2017 Tubbs Fire in California’s wine country, Cal Fire has linked the company to 17 other major wildfires that year. Investigators have not yet determined whether PG&E equipment sparked the massive Camp Fire, as suspected, but that November catastrophe left \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">85 people dead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E has estimated its potential liability as high as $30 billion. With the utility still on federal probation for six felonies related to the San Bruno gas line explosion, it opted not to ask state regulators for permission to pass on costs to its customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, it filed bankruptcy, saying it was the only \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/pge-bankruptcy-problems-wildfires-outcomes/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viable option\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why does PG&E love bankruptcy so much? Because customers don’t have a voice,” said Mindy Spatt, a spokeswoman for The Utility Reform Network, a consumer rights organization. She noted that when PG&E filed bankruptcy in 2001, customers were left paying back \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/what-happens-if-pge-goes-bankrupt/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$8 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current bankruptcy, the San Francisco-based company argued that it was facing a cash flow problem and needed access to financing in order to make its grid safer. When it filed bankruptcy, it listed $51.7 billion in debts and $71.4 billion in assets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We intend to work together with our customers, employees and other stakeholders to create a more sustainable foundation for the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable service in the years ahead,” said PG&E interim CEO John Simon in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/about-pge/company-information/reorganization/PCG-First%20Day-Press-Release.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a>. “This is our goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Safety costs, human liability\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727154\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-1200x796.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A home burns during the Camp fire in Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP-Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, who is assigned to oversee the restructuring, approves a trust to be set up for the wildfire victims, it would let PG&E cap its liabilities up to the point of the January bankruptcy filing. It would be in the company’s favor to lowball the estimated claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen, the law professor, said that’s what happened in the 1980s when claims were grossly underestimated in an asbestos case related to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/08/business/the-bitter-fight-over-the-manville-trust.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Johns-Manville company\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Originally there was some thought they’d be paid close to 100 cents on the dollar,” Rasmussen said. “As it turns out, asbestos has a long latency. You could have been injured decades ago, and you go to the trust fund, you get paid something like five cents on the dollar.” \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Going forward, PG&E is going to have to pay everyone it deals with.'\u003ccite>USC law professor Robert Rasmussen \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bankruptcy, however, may not get PG&E off the hook for much-needed safety improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who has declared PG&E in violation of its probation in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, could order the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11722386/san-francisco-judge-blasts-pge-for-lack-of-commitment-to-wildfire-safety\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to spend $75 billion to $150 billion\u003c/a> to thoroughly inspect its electricity grid and extensive vegetation management ahead of the fire season. A PG&E attorney told the judge such an order could take eight years because there aren’t enough trained tree trimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also requiring major utilities to submit annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/sb901/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fire prevention plans\u003c/a>, which include trimming trees, replacing wood poles with metal poles, shutting off power during red flag weather warnings and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen said any decision Judge Alsup makes will be deemed an administrative claim along with potential new wildfire victims. Administrative claims fall behind creditors with collateral but before unsecured claims such as bondholders and tort claims, including existing wildfire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Going forward, PG&E is going to have to pay everyone it deals with,” the law professor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘What was accomplished?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727156\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727156\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Bill Dodd, Democrat of Napa, speaks during a meeting of the Wildfire Preparedness and Response Legislative Conference Committee, Aug. 7, 2018 \u003ccite>(Robbie Short/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state has yet to be tested on whether a new wildfire cost recovery plan will be enough to assure Wall Street lenders that California’s utilities have a viable process for withstanding disasters. Otherwise the state’s major investor-owned utilities will continue to experience credit \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/newsletters/climate-change-electricity-crisis-lausd-school-strike/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">downgrades\u003c/a> that raise the price of all Californians’ electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature made it easier last year for utility companies to absorb the cost of fire damages by borrowing from the state and charging customers to pay back the bonds over many years, a procedure called securitization. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>'We were trying to make sure victims don’t get victimized again.\u003c/strong> It was how do we make sure ratepayers don’t get hammered in this whole process. The only way to do that was to keep PG&E out of junk-bond status and keep PG&E out of bankruptcy.'\u003ccite>Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, on SB 901\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd, whose district includes fire-ravaged Napa, said lawmakers voted for the plan, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfire-prevention-bill-issues/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SB 901\u003c/a>, not because they wanted to bail out PG&E, but to protect wildfire victims and customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were trying to make sure victims don’t get victimized again,” he said. “It was how do we make sure ratepayers don’t get hammered in this whole process. The only way to do that was to keep PG&E out of junk-bond status and keep PG&E out of bankruptcy. And the reality of the cost of doing that was far less than the cost to ratepayers and victims if they did file bankruptcy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, of course, that bankruptcy has occurred anyway—a move that Dodd calls \"the ultimate PG&E bailout\" — and state policymakers aren’t sure how much it will complicate the state’s new wildfire rules for utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there’s another mega-wildfire with PG&E at fault, those homeowners with insurance would be paid by their insurance companies. The utility, too, would be able to use its own insurance to offset some of the costs. PG&E would then ask state regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission for permission to pass on the remaining fraction that they need help paying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 901, the state can take into account the financial health of the company; a five-member Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery would help regulators decide whether utilities can pass costs onto consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem, though, is that SB 901 wasn’t enough to keep PG&E from filing bankruptcy. Behind the scenes, suggestions for financial fixes or creating a disaster insurance similar to the state’s earthquake insurance program are being tossed around. But even if California’s utilities truly need help reducing liability, no one in Sacramento wants to be viewed as bailing out PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spatt of the consumer advocacy group TURN said political repairs won’t do unless the company truly prioritizes safety. Half of PG&E’s board of directors is \u003ca href=\"https://www.apnews.com/6beed677f92f42fa86978ada61381aa8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unlikely to return\u003c/a> after its May shareholder meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What was accomplished?” she said of last year’s legislative debate. “The company still went bankrupt. No difference was made in safety operations. What a disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/dd40f897-4cda-40e6-b61c-019c093b437a?src=embed\" title=\"PG&E Solutions\" width=\"700\" height=\"1400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is the second in a two-part series. Previously: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725974/what-happens-when-the-next-big-wildfire-hits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From a fire-fighting air force to power shutoffs, what are the plans–and the costs–to fight the next big wildfire\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CALmatters\u003c/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pacific Gas & Electric’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11722186/5-things-to-know-about-the-pge-bankruptcy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bankruptcy\u003c/a> has set off a financial race among creditors, bondholders, wildfire victims, insurers and others hoping to recover as much money as they can from California’s largest utility. The road to rehabilitation is expected to be twisty and long, lasting two to three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Californians confronting the new normal of climate-driven wildfire, PG&E’s woes have an additional wrinkle: the likelihood that the state’s pain will be compounded if PG&E ends up causing the next big disaster — which, given PG&E’s size and record, is a real possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read more of KQED's coverage\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\">PG&E Unveils Wildfire Safety Plan Featuring Possible Large-Scale Power Cutoffs\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725974/what-happens-when-the-next-big-wildfire-hits\">What Happens When the Next Big Wildfire Hits?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720738/cal-fire-pge-not-at-fault-in-fire-that-destroyed-parts-of-santa-rosa\">Cal Fire: PG&E Power Lines Did Not Start Fire That Destroyed Parts of Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like all California utilities, PG&E has filed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extensive wildfire prevention plans\u003c/a>. In addition to removing trees, adding weather stations and insulating equipment, the utility serving northern and central California has vowed to expand power shut-off territory to as many as 5.4 million customers, up from 570,000 today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, PG&E is a prime suspect in the deadliest fire in state history, the Butte County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Fire\u003c/a>. And a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-utilities-wildfires-regulators-20190128-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times report\u003c/a> citing the California Public Utilities Commission found that of more than 2,000 wildfires between June 2014 and December 2017 traced to utilities, more than 1,500 were caused by PG&E equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should PG&E be liable for another major wildfire while the company is still reorganizing in bankruptcy court, it would add costs for consumers and complicate claims for victims. PG&E’s 16 million customers, who are already expected to shoulder bankruptcy debts, would have to pay off new wildfire costs and any new safety measures ordered by a federal judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a twist, victims of the next PG&E fire would jump ahead of existing PG&E victims — and likely collect more — as a result of how claims get prioritized in bankruptcy proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I were an existing tort victim, I’d say it’s terrible,” said Robert Rasmussen, a law professor specializing in bankruptcy at the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Growing risk and high stakes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1331\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727141\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS32084_GettyImages-1006877402-qut-1200x832.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redding firefighters look on as the Carr Fire moves through the area on July 28, 2018. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The PG&E story is playing out against the broader realization that climate change is about to become breathtakingly costly. Already, insurers are adjusting premiums to reflect the rising frequency and severity of disaster in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildfire damages from the past two years alone have been so staggering that insurance companies say it could take until the middle of the century for them to break even. Meanwhile, as insurance rates climb in wildfire country, insurers say homeowners, may be scrimping or buying no coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, said studies show that as insurance rates rise, consumers are more likely to consciously under-insure, often not even covering their cost of rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an affordability issue,” Frazier said. “People just buy less.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>'This pressure comes at a time when the entire energy market is evolving\u003c/strong> … Regulations and insurance practices created decades ago didn’t anticipate these changes.'\u003ccite>Gov. Gavin Newsom,\u003cbr>2019 State of the State\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the environmental risk grows. State and federal forestry officials announced this week that 147 million trees have died in California since 2010. The trees are the direct victims of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/what-is-killing-californias-trees/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drought and disease\u003c/a> and become fuel for the next wildfire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At ground zero of that ongoing risk are California’s utilities, who fight increasingly long odds as they struggle to keep equipment from sparking towering infernos while keeping the lights on. For them, too, the market has spoken. Credit rating agencies have downgraded not just PG&E but also Southern California Edison and the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric amid concerns about exposure to fire claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation has offered state lawmakers few easy political solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This pressure comes at a time when the entire energy market is evolving,” Gov. Gavin Newsom noted in his \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/newsom-state-of-the-state-annotated/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of the State address\u003c/a>. “From roof-top solar and wind generation to smart grid technologies, from community choice aggregators to direct access service, otherwise known as power purchasing agreements, more and more of our electricity now is procured outside of investor-owned utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regulations and insurance practices created decades ago didn’t anticipate these changes. So we must map out longer-term strategies, not just for the utilities’ future, but for California’s energy future, to ensure that the cost of climate change doesn’t fall on those least able to afford it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has assembled a strike team of climate experts and bankruptcy lawyers to deal with the PG&E fallout, and said they’ll be working for the next two months on a comprehensive strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Victims vs. victims\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1129061916-e1550521953504.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1129061916-e1550521953504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727143\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial of wooden crosses line the road in Paradise three months after the Camp Fire in honor of those who lost their lives. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even before the bankruptcy, legal experts and lawmakers warned that those who lost loved ones and homes in the recent wildfires might end up being shortchanged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers representing 2017 and 2018 fire victims understood that a Chapter 11 filing disadvantaged their clients as unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. When a company files for bankruptcy, civil lawsuits get put on hold. This automatic “stay,” impairs the negotiating leverage of plaintiffs, who often end up settling for a fraction of what they might have gotten otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing this, fire victims held a last-ditch rally at the Capitol with legal activist \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/pge-tubbs-fire-california-hate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Brockovich\u003c/a> to demand the state keep PG&E out of bankruptcy. But that was just one example of the complexity posed by bankruptcy law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another legal surprise, any new wildfire victims could jump ahead of old victims because new claims would be have to be filed in bankruptcy court, as opposed to state court. Bankruptcy follows different proceedings, which would deem them administrative claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen said that creates tension between new and old victims. And, he added, bankruptcy proceedings could allow the new victims to be more speedily paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why a PG&E bankruptcy?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727145\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS27297_downed_power_and_burned-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Down power lines off Atlas Peak Road in Napa after the fires in the fall of 2017. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under state law, utilities face strict liability for damages from any fire traced to its equipment, even if they were not negligent. This is known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680950/a-political-firestorm-is-about-to-hit-the-capitol-who-will-pay-for-wildfire-damages\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inverse condemnation\u003c/a>. Though the legal doctrine has been around for decades, it has become problematic for utilities as the state experiences longer bouts of drought and hot weather. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1934332/the-largest-deadliest-and-most-destructive-fires-in-california-history\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seven of the 10\u003c/a> most destructive wildfires in state history have happened in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, state regulators have seemingly made it harder to pass liability costs to customers. In 2017, the five-member California Public Utilities Commission, the state agency that oversees investor-owned utilities, blocked San Diego Gas & Electric from passing on $379 million in liability costs on the premise that the utility’s management of its facilities is unreasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/742bbf72-137e-476d-a57d-498cb6a9cbf9?src=embed\" title=\"PG&E disasters\" width=\"700\" height=\"1400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though PG&E was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/pge-tubbs-fire-california-hate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exonerated\u003c/a> in the 2017 Tubbs Fire in California’s wine country, Cal Fire has linked the company to 17 other major wildfires that year. Investigators have not yet determined whether PG&E equipment sparked the massive Camp Fire, as suspected, but that November catastrophe left \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">85 people dead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E has estimated its potential liability as high as $30 billion. With the utility still on federal probation for six felonies related to the San Bruno gas line explosion, it opted not to ask state regulators for permission to pass on costs to its customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, it filed bankruptcy, saying it was the only \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/pge-bankruptcy-problems-wildfires-outcomes/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viable option\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why does PG&E love bankruptcy so much? Because customers don’t have a voice,” said Mindy Spatt, a spokeswoman for The Utility Reform Network, a consumer rights organization. She noted that when PG&E filed bankruptcy in 2001, customers were left paying back \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/what-happens-if-pge-goes-bankrupt/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$8 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current bankruptcy, the San Francisco-based company argued that it was facing a cash flow problem and needed access to financing in order to make its grid safer. When it filed bankruptcy, it listed $51.7 billion in debts and $71.4 billion in assets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We intend to work together with our customers, employees and other stakeholders to create a more sustainable foundation for the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable service in the years ahead,” said PG&E interim CEO John Simon in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/about-pge/company-information/reorganization/PCG-First%20Day-Press-Release.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a>. “This is our goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Safety costs, human liability\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727154\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33764_GettyImages-1059345696-qut-1200x796.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A home burns during the Camp fire in Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP-Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, who is assigned to oversee the restructuring, approves a trust to be set up for the wildfire victims, it would let PG&E cap its liabilities up to the point of the January bankruptcy filing. It would be in the company’s favor to lowball the estimated claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen, the law professor, said that’s what happened in the 1980s when claims were grossly underestimated in an asbestos case related to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/08/business/the-bitter-fight-over-the-manville-trust.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Johns-Manville company\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Originally there was some thought they’d be paid close to 100 cents on the dollar,” Rasmussen said. “As it turns out, asbestos has a long latency. You could have been injured decades ago, and you go to the trust fund, you get paid something like five cents on the dollar.” \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Going forward, PG&E is going to have to pay everyone it deals with.'\u003ccite>USC law professor Robert Rasmussen \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bankruptcy, however, may not get PG&E off the hook for much-needed safety improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who has declared PG&E in violation of its probation in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, could order the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11722386/san-francisco-judge-blasts-pge-for-lack-of-commitment-to-wildfire-safety\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to spend $75 billion to $150 billion\u003c/a> to thoroughly inspect its electricity grid and extensive vegetation management ahead of the fire season. A PG&E attorney told the judge such an order could take eight years because there aren’t enough trained tree trimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also requiring major utilities to submit annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/sb901/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fire prevention plans\u003c/a>, which include trimming trees, replacing wood poles with metal poles, shutting off power during red flag weather warnings and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasmussen said any decision Judge Alsup makes will be deemed an administrative claim along with potential new wildfire victims. Administrative claims fall behind creditors with collateral but before unsecured claims such as bondholders and tort claims, including existing wildfire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Going forward, PG&E is going to have to pay everyone it deals with,” the law professor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘What was accomplished?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727156\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727156\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Wildfire-committee_Robbie-Short_003-600x400-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Bill Dodd, Democrat of Napa, speaks during a meeting of the Wildfire Preparedness and Response Legislative Conference Committee, Aug. 7, 2018 \u003ccite>(Robbie Short/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state has yet to be tested on whether a new wildfire cost recovery plan will be enough to assure Wall Street lenders that California’s utilities have a viable process for withstanding disasters. Otherwise the state’s major investor-owned utilities will continue to experience credit \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/newsletters/climate-change-electricity-crisis-lausd-school-strike/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">downgrades\u003c/a> that raise the price of all Californians’ electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature made it easier last year for utility companies to absorb the cost of fire damages by borrowing from the state and charging customers to pay back the bonds over many years, a procedure called securitization. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>'We were trying to make sure victims don’t get victimized again.\u003c/strong> It was how do we make sure ratepayers don’t get hammered in this whole process. The only way to do that was to keep PG&E out of junk-bond status and keep PG&E out of bankruptcy.'\u003ccite>Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, on SB 901\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd, whose district includes fire-ravaged Napa, said lawmakers voted for the plan, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfire-prevention-bill-issues/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SB 901\u003c/a>, not because they wanted to bail out PG&E, but to protect wildfire victims and customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were trying to make sure victims don’t get victimized again,” he said. “It was how do we make sure ratepayers don’t get hammered in this whole process. The only way to do that was to keep PG&E out of junk-bond status and keep PG&E out of bankruptcy. 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PG&E would then ask state regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission for permission to pass on the remaining fraction that they need help paying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 901, the state can take into account the financial health of the company; a five-member Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery would help regulators decide whether utilities can pass costs onto consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem, though, is that SB 901 wasn’t enough to keep PG&E from filing bankruptcy. Behind the scenes, suggestions for financial fixes or creating a disaster insurance similar to the state’s earthquake insurance program are being tossed around. But even if California’s utilities truly need help reducing liability, no one in Sacramento wants to be viewed as bailing out PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spatt of the consumer advocacy group TURN said political repairs won’t do unless the company truly prioritizes safety. 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"content": "\u003cp>Before the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most destructive wildfire\u003c/a> tore through Butte County, detailed plans for a tiny home village for the homeless in Chico were met with a mix of indifference, NIMBY-ism and outright rejection from a previous city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But November’s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and incinerated some 14,000 area homes, breathed new life into plans for a community of one-room wooden homes to help house some of Butte County’s homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fire created a whole new reality, it added an urgency for sure,” says Charles Withuhn, a volunteer and board member with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.chicohousingactionteam.org/\">Chico Housing Action Team\u003c/a> or CHAT. The current city council has given the project the go-ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723656/camp-fire-survivors-must-leave-their-properties-where-will-they-go\">Some Camp Fire Survivors Must Leave Their Properties. But Where Will They Go?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723656/camp-fire-survivors-must-leave-their-properties-where-will-they-go\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_0893-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The retired contractor and small business owner is showing me around the 2.6 acre future site of what will be called Simplicity Village. The tiny home community is planned to house some of Chico’s homeless — including some from the Camp Fire. It’s across from a lumber yard and just off Highway 99, a local thoroughfare through Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of problems in the world that I can’t fix. \u003cem>I can\u003c/em> put together a little tiny house,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a citizen-led approach that’s being funded almost entirely though private and corporate donations of money, materials and labor. The group estimates initial construction will cost roughly $790,000, with about half of that coming from in-kind donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a volunteer army,” says CHAT organizer and board member Bill Kurnizki. “We fundraise by doing musical programs, putting letters out to people and asking for donations. So the windows, the doors, siding, roofing — all donated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tiny home village is not solely for Camp Fire homeless, but CHAT organizers say some of the people made homeless by the blaze will get priority slots. “We want to accommodate Camp Fire victims and maybe one third of the buildings will be set aside for them,” Withuhn says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHAT organizer Leslie Johnson, a local attorney, notes that many homeless often get some federal subsidies such as Social Security, Supplemental Security Income or disability benefits. Simplicity Village will charge just $200 a month for rent and utilities to cover the village’s operational expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just have to look for every kind of opportunity to try to help solve this housing situation,” Johnson says. “People just can’t afford conventional size housing. A lot of people just can’t. But a little tiny house, people can afford to rent that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727082\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/composite21_custom-668c8db9a3af67e9cf32b5d9a330df2c4445ab44-e1550503414786.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727082\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/composite21_custom-668c8db9a3af67e9cf32b5d9a330df2c4445ab44-e1550503414786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"714\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exterior and interior of the tiny homes built for a community called Simplicity Village in Chico. \u003ccite>(Eric Westervelt/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An ongoing housing crisis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Camp Fire’s historic destruction worsened an already difficult housing crisis in and around the northern city of Chico. Even before the Camp Fire, Butte County already had some 2,000 homeless \u003ca href=\"http://www.buttehomelesscoc.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/117500423/2017_butte_pit_summary_community_report_-_final.pdf\">according to a 2017 survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fire, local rents have skyrocketed further, homes are selling well-above asking and there are almost no vacant rental properties available. That reality has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690230719/camp-fire-victims-forced-to-find-housing-as-last-shelter-closes\">exacerbated the housing crunch \u003c/a>as some fire refugees start to leave the area and the state altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other tiny home plans afoot in other parts of California and in other states. But CHAT hopes Simplicity Village becomes something of a model for other cities in the state grappling with widening inequality and the impacts of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We may be entering the final phase of human existence and our ability to adapt and continue to live on the planet will depend on imaginative ways to live a smaller carbon footprint. This community will have a fraction of the carbon footprint of the typical urban or suburban setting.’\u003ccite>Charles Withuhn, CHAT volunteer and board member\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“This is as much about sustainability and community as it is about tiny,” Withuhn says. “We may be entering the final phase of human existence and our ability to adapt and continue to live on the planet will depend on imaginative ways to live a smaller carbon footprint,” he believes. “This community will have a fraction of the carbon footprint of the typical urban or suburban setting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHAT presented a detailed tiny home village proposal some four years ago. But they were met with foot-dragging from the city council at the time and then outright rejection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers believe it took the Camp Fire to finally help get the idea off the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, they hope to break ground on 33 one-room homes. Most of them will include a small bed, kitchenette and bathroom. The village will also have five larger buildings for community meetings, meals, kitchen, laundry, as well as a workshop area and a security guard house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group is coordinating with county and state agencies to provide on-site mental health and other support services. The group will screen applicants and those accepted will have to live by a community code of conduct that includes no drug or alcohol use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHAT has signed a letter of intent for an 18-year lease in a three-way agreement with the private landowner and the city of Chico. They’ve hired a civil engineer and are working with city agencies to get water, sewer and electricity permits lined up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Chico tiny home village, organizers admit, will be just small piece of a much \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668380458/housing-crisis-concerns-grow-as-camp-fire-continues-to-burn\">bigger housing puzzle\u003c/a> here. Local media are calling for the city of Chico \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsreview.com/chico/time-to-prioritize-temporary-housing/content?oid=27644419\">to do more to accommodate fire evacuees\u003c/a>. CHAT is also calling for more mobile home parks, more affordable, subsidized apartments, more tiny home villages and other creative solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11727049/their-home-survived-the-camp-fire-but-their-insurance-did-not\">Their Home Survived the Camp Fire — But Their Insurance Did Not\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11727049/their-home-survived-the-camp-fire-but-their-insurance-did-not\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_5791-c925cc170413e54df350e3e98b62e862a94d2bab-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Organizer Withuhn says it’s not about political ideology. “Politics has nothing to do with this,” he says. “This is about human rights, human dignity, having a community. Are we going to be civilized and pull together as a team when there’s a crisis? Or is it just: guy with the most toys at the end wins, that’s it, who cares?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re saying we’d rather be part of a community,” he says, “that’s pulling together to solve a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But a little tiny house, people can afford to rent that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727082\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/composite21_custom-668c8db9a3af67e9cf32b5d9a330df2c4445ab44-e1550503414786.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11727082\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/composite21_custom-668c8db9a3af67e9cf32b5d9a330df2c4445ab44-e1550503414786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"714\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exterior and interior of the tiny homes built for a community called Simplicity Village in Chico. \u003ccite>(Eric Westervelt/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An ongoing housing crisis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Camp Fire’s historic destruction worsened an already difficult housing crisis in and around the northern city of Chico. Even before the Camp Fire, Butte County already had some 2,000 homeless \u003ca href=\"http://www.buttehomelesscoc.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/117500423/2017_butte_pit_summary_community_report_-_final.pdf\">according to a 2017 survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fire, local rents have skyrocketed further, homes are selling well-above asking and there are almost no vacant rental properties available. That reality has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690230719/camp-fire-victims-forced-to-find-housing-as-last-shelter-closes\">exacerbated the housing crunch \u003c/a>as some fire refugees start to leave the area and the state altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other tiny home plans afoot in other parts of California and in other states. But CHAT hopes Simplicity Village becomes something of a model for other cities in the state grappling with widening inequality and the impacts of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We may be entering the final phase of human existence and our ability to adapt and continue to live on the planet will depend on imaginative ways to live a smaller carbon footprint. This community will have a fraction of the carbon footprint of the typical urban or suburban setting.’\u003ccite>Charles Withuhn, CHAT volunteer and board member\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“This is as much about sustainability and community as it is about tiny,” Withuhn says. “We may be entering the final phase of human existence and our ability to adapt and continue to live on the planet will depend on imaginative ways to live a smaller carbon footprint,” he believes. “This community will have a fraction of the carbon footprint of the typical urban or suburban setting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHAT presented a detailed tiny home village proposal some four years ago. But they were met with foot-dragging from the city council at the time and then outright rejection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers believe it took the Camp Fire to finally help get the idea off the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, they hope to break ground on 33 one-room homes. Most of them will include a small bed, kitchenette and bathroom. The village will also have five larger buildings for community meetings, meals, kitchen, laundry, as well as a workshop area and a security guard house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group is coordinating with county and state agencies to provide on-site mental health and other support services. The group will screen applicants and those accepted will have to live by a community code of conduct that includes no drug or alcohol use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHAT has signed a letter of intent for an 18-year lease in a three-way agreement with the private landowner and the city of Chico. They’ve hired a civil engineer and are working with city agencies to get water, sewer and electricity permits lined up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Chico tiny home village, organizers admit, will be just small piece of a much \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668380458/housing-crisis-concerns-grow-as-camp-fire-continues-to-burn\">bigger housing puzzle\u003c/a> here. Local media are calling for the city of Chico \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsreview.com/chico/time-to-prioritize-temporary-housing/content?oid=27644419\">to do more to accommodate fire evacuees\u003c/a>. CHAT is also calling for more mobile home parks, more affordable, subsidized apartments, more tiny home villages and other creative solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11727049/their-home-survived-the-camp-fire-but-their-insurance-did-not\">Their Home Survived the Camp Fire — But Their Insurance Did Not\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11727049/their-home-survived-the-camp-fire-but-their-insurance-did-not\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_5791-c925cc170413e54df350e3e98b62e862a94d2bab-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Organizer Withuhn says it’s not about political ideology. “Politics has nothing to do with this,” he says. “This is about human rights, human dignity, having a community. Are we going to be civilized and pull together as a team when there’s a crisis? 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"content": "\u003cp>Tom and Tamara Conry were dead set on returning to Paradise after the deadly Camp Fire destroyed the town last November. The couple’s home was barely touched by the fire, and most other survivors had a much steeper climb to recovery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when their property insurer, American Reliable, notified them in December that it wasn’t renewing the couple’s homeowner’s coverage, they realized that returning home would be even harder than expected. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting that letter was like a slap in the face,” Tamara Conry said. “Right now, when it’s going to be the hardest time ever to get insurance at any kind of reasonable price, that’s when you non-renew us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other families in Butte County could face a similar insurance dilemma. About 10 percent of buildings in Paradise are still standing after last November’s wildfire, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though a new California law that took effect in January requires insurers to renew homeowner’s coverage on properties that survived wildfires for at least one year, the new law doesn’t help people affected by last year’s fire disasters like the Conrys. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their situation can almost be worse, sometimes, than people whose homes are gone,” said Amy Bach, executive director of the consumer advocacy group United Policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re sort of competing with the total loss victims for attention and dollars, but they also don’t have the same protection that a total loss victim has to keep their insurance,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom and Tamara Conry are now living in a rental apartment in Yuba City, about an hour south of Paradise, because their home is still contaminated by smoke. Their back deck was also scorched. American Reliable covered their hotel after the couple evacuated and is now paying for their temporary rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the news that the insurance company wasn’t renewing their coverage has just added to the headache of making their home livable again, the Conrys say. At least two other insurers turned them down and they worked with two different brokers to try to find a new policy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I feel like it would have been easier if the house had burned down,” Tamara said, adding that she and Tom also feel truly sorry for all the families who lost much more than they did. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8103-b346db241df96c0440acdd72c30542d8d104653e-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. The owners of the few homes that remain standing may face problems when it is time to renew their home insurance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11727051\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. The owners of the few homes that remain standing may face problems when it is time to renew their home insurance. \u003ccite>(Pauline Bartolone/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Insurance says it’s heard from others in fire areas who have faced a non-renewal from a property insurer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a state senator in 2018, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara pushed through the new law that helps ensure at least one year of continued coverage for homeowners with property standing in fire zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said this law was intended to help families like the Conrys, who may face the same situation in future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A sudden non-renewal can shatter survivors’ feeling of security that they have barely started to rebuild,” Lara wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB894\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new California law\u003c/a> ensures people whose homes have completely burned down in a wildfire can renew a homeowners policy for at least two years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Global Indemnity, the parent company of American Reliable Insurance Company, didn’t respond to emails and phone calls asking to discuss the Conrys’ situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Sektnan, who represents the industry as president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acicnet.org/home/about-us/acic-staff/mark-sektnan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Property Casualty Insurers Association of America\u003c/a>, says companies are always reassessing their risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to make sure you don’t have too many policies concentrated in a particular area because if there is a loss, it could have negative implications for the company,” Sektnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One insurer, Merced Property and Casualty, already went \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercedpcins.com/documents/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutMercedProperty.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">belly-up\u003c/a> because of the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sektnan says there are about 50 homeowner insurers in California, and homeowners like the Conrys are sure to find another option. Policyholders in areas devastated by wildfires will likely pay more for their coverage, though. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s to ensure that … people in the high-risk areas should pay a higher amount for insurance than people who live in low-risk areas. Otherwise, people like where I live would end up subsidizing these people,” Sektnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Conrys recently found a new homeowners policy,\u003ca href=\"https://www.cfpnet.com/index.php/general-info/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a last resort plan\u003c/a> California law provides for people like them. They’re paying more than double what they did before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the devastation in Paradise, and the insurance headaches, have been too much for the Conrys. They’ve recently decided they’re not going back, and have put their house up for sale. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 Capital Public Radio. 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At least two other insurers turned them down and they worked with two different brokers to try to find a new policy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I feel like it would have been easier if the house had burned down,” Tamara said, adding that she and Tom also feel truly sorry for all the families who lost much more than they did. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8103-b346db241df96c0440acdd72c30542d8d104653e-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Camp Fire of November 2018 destroyed roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. 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"content": "\u003cp>Don’t be fooled by the precipitation, the snowpack, the wildflowers. When winter ends, it’s unlikely that California’s iconic landscape will sustain the moisture to withstand the 100-degree summer and fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has yet to recover from the 5-year drought that began in 2012. For four years, record wildfires have ravaged the state, including the Tubbs Fire in Napa and Sonoma in 2017 and the Camp Fire last year that wiped out the town of Paradise in Butte County. The 2019 wildfire season officially kicks off in mid-May, but California’s wildfire season is essentially year-round now.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfires/\">Read More of KQED's wildfire coverage\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfires/\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/02/RS28367_GettyImages-887599032-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So what happens when the next big wildfire hits?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State fire officials are already amassing new aircraft that drop thousands of gallons of bright red flame retardant. Emergency responders are pre-positioning fire crews in high-threat areas even before a fire starts. State officials will no longer second guess the use of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11647045/pointing-to-north-bay-fires-fcc-votes-for-improved-wireless-alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wireless emergency alerts\u003c/a> that grab people’s attention by making smartphones vibrate and squawk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major investor-owned utilities—Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric—now plan to shut off power, even where fire risk is minimal, during red flag weather warnings. It’s considered a public-safety measure of last resort because a power outage can cut off internet access and make communication difficult for hospitals, firefighters and emergency personnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/c7ea085d-5b35-4321-aad1-87c20354d9de?src=embed\" title=\"Top 10 Destructive Wildfires\" width=\"940\" height=\"620\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utilities also plan to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-power-companies-fireproofing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fireproof\u003c/a> California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723564/cyber-sabotage-wildfires-weather-a-web-of-threats-to-the-power-supply-could-leave-californians-in-the-dark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electricity grid\u003c/a>, a result of their equipment being implicated in so many recent disasters. That includes clearing brush and trees away from transmission lines, replacing wooden poles with metal ones, and using drones and weather monitoring stations to gauge danger via wind and smoke patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet even these expensive precautions may not ward off the next towering inferno, say fire officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we are better prepared,” said Kelly Huston, deputy director of the state Office of Emergency Services. “The real question is whether or not that’s enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘A sense of urgency’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-1200x899.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey ParkFire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park after the 2017 Tubbs Fire. \u003ccite>(ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem is that California has been caught off-guard by the new climate-driven fire seasons, amplified by longer hot summers and extended droughts. Seven of the 10 most destructive wildfires in state history have happened in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fires are behaving so much differently than they have before,” Huston said, noting the new wildfires are “virtually impossible to fight” as they leap mountains and gallop for miles, creating their own weather systems. “You couldn’t have predicted this based on past fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker told state lawmakers on Jan. 30 that climate change-driven wildfire is happening much faster than anyone predicted. But for the state regulatory agency to enforce safety at the state’s eight investor-owned utilities, Picker said, he would need \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/newsletters/pge-bankruptcy-probation-climate-wildfires-trump-judges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15,000 to 20,000\u003c/a> new staff to police every electricity pole and wire. The agency has, roughly, a 1,300-member staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\">PG&E Unveils Wildfire Safety Plan Featuring Possible Large-Scale Power Cutoffs\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/39937492173_41bdc37b85_o-1020x738.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The CPUC regulates not only privately owned utilities from telecom to water, but also rail crossing safety, limos and ride sharing. Historically, Picker’s role has been more like that of an administrative judge than a police chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to get the Legislature to allow me to be a total dictator, make decisions overnight, I’m happy,” Picker elaborated to reporters afterward. “That’s not what our job is. We are like a technical court. People have to have their day in court. It’s not a fast process. Have you been in a court proceeding that took one day?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his answer on the challenges of enforcement frustrated lawmakers, on whom political pressure has mounted with every disaster. The CPUC is not known for swiftness. It took nine years to issue a statewide \u003ca href=\"http://cpuc.ca.gov/FireThreatMaps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire-threat map\u003c/a> after Southern California fires, caused by Santa Ana winds whipping power lines, prompted commissioners in 2009 to demand one. It has laid out a two-month \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/sb901/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schedule\u003c/a> just for reviewing fire prevention plans utilities must submit under recent and hard-fought \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfire-prevention-bill-issues/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfire safety legislation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Picker’s testimony, Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfires-legislator-forensic-dentist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a forensic dentist\u003c/a> who represents fire-ravaged Santa Rosa, took to Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/JimWoodAD2/status/1090746940461989888\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Amassing ‘more tools’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 915px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768.jpg 915w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768-160x134.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768-800x671.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malibu residents flee the Woolsey Fire in November 2018. \u003ccite>(via Creative Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the fire challenge involves painful long-term decisions such as how to reconcile the acute demand for California housing with the suddenly limited supply of land that isn’t in a high-risk fire zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term, Democratic state Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa is among those who hope incremental improvements might make a difference. He is proposing the commission work with Cal Fire and the Office of Emergency Services to improve coordination for turning off power in red-flag weather, alerting residents to evacuate and better targeting crews to fight fires. His bill, SB 209, would establish an official, statewide California \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/dodd-proposes-california-wildfire-warning-center/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfire warning center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Everybody I talk to in our neighborhood pretty much either had family call or a neighbor knock on the door. I don’t know of anyone that got an emergency alert.'\u003ccite>Patrick McCallum\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"It would give us more tools in trying to make sure this doesn’t happen again,\" Dodd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency officials also are studying past fires, and preparing. Survivors of the Tubbs Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties complained they had little or no warning when the flames flared up at night under dry windy conditions. Local officials opted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11625884/outdoor-emergency-sirens-werent-used-in-north-bay-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against sending out a mass alert\u003c/a> for fear of causing panic or hindering emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody I talk to in our neighborhood pretty much either had family call or a neighbor knock on the door. I don’t know of anyone that got an emergency alert,\" said Patrick McCallum, a higher education lobbyist who barely \u003ca href=\"https://www.holdpgeaccountable.com/our-stories.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">escaped\u003c/a> his Santa Rosa home with his wife, Sonoma State University President Judy Sakaki. \"Worse, there were police and fire engines running around but they were not allowed to put their alarms on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In coming weeks, the state is expected to issue clearer guidance to all 58 counties for issuing alerts and warnings to the public across multiple platforms. The new thinking is to over-communicate, rather than rely on the alerts of the 1980s sent over television and radio or ringing landlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is something people depend on to make decisions in a crisis,” OES’ Huston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also believes pushing out wireless emergency alerts on smartphones similar to an Amber Alert can now be done effectively without creating chaos. This simple weather \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/us/cellphone-alerts-california-fires.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warning\u003c/a> was sent out to seven counties encompassing 22 million people in Southern California in December 2017 as a precaution after authorities saw dry windy conditions similar to the wine country fire two months earlier:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“Strong winds overnight creating extreme fire danger. Stay Alert. Listen to authorities.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fire season, Californians may see it again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A firefighting Air Force\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cal Fire tanker drops flame retardant. The agency is amassing one of the world’s largest firefighting fleets. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cal Fire)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Cal Fire is beefing up its capabilities. And rather than waiting to respond to a wildfire, emergency personnel have shifted to pre-positioning strike teams before a fire even starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11726354/after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance\">After Years of Busting its Firefighting Budget, Should California Get Disaster Insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11726354/after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AirTanker.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The switch comes at a price; Cal Fire’s expenses now already \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfires-statistics-tracker/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">routinely exceed its budget\u003c/a>. Last year’s fire spending set a new record, and the political climate has made the outlays difficult to question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s expensive because you’re paying the same amount of money for firefighters whether they’re fighting a fire or sitting waiting for a fire to start,” Huston said. “But you have to weigh that against the potential for loss and the expense of a disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state already boasts a formidable firefighting air force, featuring S-2T air tankers that dump 1,200 gallons of flame retardant and Huey helicopters for lifting fire crews in and out of steep terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This spring, the Hueys will start to be replaced by more modern Black Hawks, the Army’s frontline utility helicopter. The first one is expected to be ready in May, said Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And over the next two years, Cal Fire will add seven C-130 Hercules cargo planes. Those will be retrofitted to carry between 3,000 and 4,000 gallons of flame retardant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California will have one of, if not the largest, firefighting air forces in the world,” McLean said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about the utilities?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726441\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1405\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-800x585.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-1200x878.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A PG&E worker cuts damaged power lines after the Camp Fire in Paradise. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At ground zero in much of the state are California’s investor-owned utilities and their spark-prone equipment. PG&E has vowed to expand power shut-off territory to as many as \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M263/K673/263673423.PDF#page=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.4 million customers\u003c/a>, up from 570,000 today. SCE is focused on better weather monitoring, adding 62 high-definition cameras and 350 micro weather stations as part of a broader \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.edison.com/releases/southern-california-edison-files-2019-wildfire-mitigation-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$582 million\u003c/a> safety plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And SDG&E, which has been most aggressive with more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdgenews.com/article/sdges-2019-wildfire-mitigation-plan-builds-past-successes-further-strengthen-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1 billion\u003c/a> in safety upgrades, will continue to replace wood poles with steel poles, hire a helitanker on standby year-round, and contract with firefighters especially trained to put out electrical fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet there’s no statewide standard for deciding when the power should be shut off. Instead, participating utilities base decisions on temperature, wind, humidity and other factors. SDG&E has been lauded for its \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/deenergization/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proactive use of public safety power shutoffs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E’s rollout has been less reassuring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days before the most destructive wildfire in California history ignited, 62,000 PG&E customers in eight counties, including Butte, were \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUCWebsite/Content/News_Room/NewsUpdates/2018/11-27-18%20PGE%20PSPS%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned\u003c/a> that their power could be turned off as a precautionary measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“This is an important safety alert from Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Extreme weather conditions and high fire-danger are forecasted in Butte County. These conditions may cause power outages in the area of your address. To protect public safety, PG&E may also temporarily turn off power in your neighborhood or community. If there is an outage, we will work to restore service as soon as it is safe to do so.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>—6:30 p.m. Nov. 6, 2018\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire reports the Camp Fire ignited around 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E never shut off power. In fact, the utility went on to issue cancellation notifications hours after the deadly blaze started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“This is an important safety update from Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Weather conditions have improved in your area, and we are not planning to turn off electricity for safety in the area of your address.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>—2 p.m. Nov. 8, 2018\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E wouldn’t comment on its decision. The California Public Utilities Commision would say only that it is investigating when asked if the state was looking at why the utility didn’t initiate a blackout.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nThis is the first in a two-part series from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CALmatters\u003c/a>. Next: With PG&E in bankruptcy proceedings, utilities on the defensive and insurance costs rising, what the next victims of a utility-sparked wildfire can expect.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Don’t be fooled by the precipitation, the snowpack, the wildflowers. When winter ends, it’s unlikely that California’s iconic landscape will sustain the moisture to withstand the 100-degree summer and fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has yet to recover from the 5-year drought that began in 2012. For four years, record wildfires have ravaged the state, including the Tubbs Fire in Napa and Sonoma in 2017 and the Camp Fire last year that wiped out the town of Paradise in Butte County. The 2019 wildfire season officially kicks off in mid-May, but California’s wildfire season is essentially year-round now.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfires/\">Read More of KQED's wildfire coverage\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfires/\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/02/RS28367_GettyImages-887599032-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So what happens when the next big wildfire hits?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State fire officials are already amassing new aircraft that drop thousands of gallons of bright red flame retardant. Emergency responders are pre-positioning fire crews in high-threat areas even before a fire starts. State officials will no longer second guess the use of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11647045/pointing-to-north-bay-fires-fcc-votes-for-improved-wireless-alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wireless emergency alerts\u003c/a> that grab people’s attention by making smartphones vibrate and squawk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major investor-owned utilities—Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric—now plan to shut off power, even where fire risk is minimal, during red flag weather warnings. It’s considered a public-safety measure of last resort because a power outage can cut off internet access and make communication difficult for hospitals, firefighters and emergency personnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That includes clearing brush and trees away from transmission lines, replacing wooden poles with metal ones, and using drones and weather monitoring stations to gauge danger via wind and smoke patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet even these expensive precautions may not ward off the next towering inferno, say fire officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we are better prepared,” said Kelly Huston, deputy director of the state Office of Emergency Services. “The real question is whether or not that’s enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘A sense of urgency’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS29025_GettyImages-860323902-qut-1200x899.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey ParkFire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park after the 2017 Tubbs Fire. \u003ccite>(ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem is that California has been caught off-guard by the new climate-driven fire seasons, amplified by longer hot summers and extended droughts. Seven of the 10 most destructive wildfires in state history have happened in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fires are behaving so much differently than they have before,” Huston said, noting the new wildfires are “virtually impossible to fight” as they leap mountains and gallop for miles, creating their own weather systems. “You couldn’t have predicted this based on past fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker told state lawmakers on Jan. 30 that climate change-driven wildfire is happening much faster than anyone predicted. But for the state regulatory agency to enforce safety at the state’s eight investor-owned utilities, Picker said, he would need \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/newsletters/pge-bankruptcy-probation-climate-wildfires-trump-judges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15,000 to 20,000\u003c/a> new staff to police every electricity pole and wire. The agency has, roughly, a 1,300-member staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\">PG&E Unveils Wildfire Safety Plan Featuring Possible Large-Scale Power Cutoffs\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724248/pge-unveils-wildfire-safety-plan-featuring-possible-large-scale-power-cutoffs\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/39937492173_41bdc37b85_o-1020x738.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The CPUC regulates not only privately owned utilities from telecom to water, but also rail crossing safety, limos and ride sharing. Historically, Picker’s role has been more like that of an administrative judge than a police chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to get the Legislature to allow me to be a total dictator, make decisions overnight, I’m happy,” Picker elaborated to reporters afterward. “That’s not what our job is. We are like a technical court. People have to have their day in court. It’s not a fast process. Have you been in a court proceeding that took one day?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his answer on the challenges of enforcement frustrated lawmakers, on whom political pressure has mounted with every disaster. The CPUC is not known for swiftness. It took nine years to issue a statewide \u003ca href=\"http://cpuc.ca.gov/FireThreatMaps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire-threat map\u003c/a> after Southern California fires, caused by Santa Ana winds whipping power lines, prompted commissioners in 2009 to demand one. It has laid out a two-month \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/sb901/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schedule\u003c/a> just for reviewing fire prevention plans utilities must submit under recent and hard-fought \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfire-prevention-bill-issues/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfire safety legislation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Picker’s testimony, Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfires-legislator-forensic-dentist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a forensic dentist\u003c/a> who represents fire-ravaged Santa Rosa, took to Twitter.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch3>Amassing ‘more tools’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 915px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768.jpg 915w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768-160x134.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9_2018-1-915x768-800x671.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malibu residents flee the Woolsey Fire in November 2018. \u003ccite>(via Creative Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the fire challenge involves painful long-term decisions such as how to reconcile the acute demand for California housing with the suddenly limited supply of land that isn’t in a high-risk fire zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term, Democratic state Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa is among those who hope incremental improvements might make a difference. He is proposing the commission work with Cal Fire and the Office of Emergency Services to improve coordination for turning off power in red-flag weather, alerting residents to evacuate and better targeting crews to fight fires. His bill, SB 209, would establish an official, statewide California \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/dodd-proposes-california-wildfire-warning-center/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfire warning center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Everybody I talk to in our neighborhood pretty much either had family call or a neighbor knock on the door. I don’t know of anyone that got an emergency alert.'\u003ccite>Patrick McCallum\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"It would give us more tools in trying to make sure this doesn’t happen again,\" Dodd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency officials also are studying past fires, and preparing. Survivors of the Tubbs Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties complained they had little or no warning when the flames flared up at night under dry windy conditions. Local officials opted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11625884/outdoor-emergency-sirens-werent-used-in-north-bay-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against sending out a mass alert\u003c/a> for fear of causing panic or hindering emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody I talk to in our neighborhood pretty much either had family call or a neighbor knock on the door. I don’t know of anyone that got an emergency alert,\" said Patrick McCallum, a higher education lobbyist who barely \u003ca href=\"https://www.holdpgeaccountable.com/our-stories.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">escaped\u003c/a> his Santa Rosa home with his wife, Sonoma State University President Judy Sakaki. \"Worse, there were police and fire engines running around but they were not allowed to put their alarms on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In coming weeks, the state is expected to issue clearer guidance to all 58 counties for issuing alerts and warnings to the public across multiple platforms. The new thinking is to over-communicate, rather than rely on the alerts of the 1980s sent over television and radio or ringing landlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is something people depend on to make decisions in a crisis,” OES’ Huston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also believes pushing out wireless emergency alerts on smartphones similar to an Amber Alert can now be done effectively without creating chaos. This simple weather \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/us/cellphone-alerts-california-fires.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warning\u003c/a> was sent out to seven counties encompassing 22 million people in Southern California in December 2017 as a precaution after authorities saw dry windy conditions similar to the wine country fire two months earlier:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“Strong winds overnight creating extreme fire danger. Stay Alert. Listen to authorities.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fire season, Californians may see it again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A firefighting Air Force\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire2-1000x667-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cal Fire tanker drops flame retardant. The agency is amassing one of the world’s largest firefighting fleets. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cal Fire)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Cal Fire is beefing up its capabilities. And rather than waiting to respond to a wildfire, emergency personnel have shifted to pre-positioning strike teams before a fire even starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11726354/after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance\">After Years of Busting its Firefighting Budget, Should California Get Disaster Insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11726354/after-years-of-busting-its-firefighting-budget-should-california-get-disaster-insurance\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AirTanker.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The switch comes at a price; Cal Fire’s expenses now already \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-wildfires-statistics-tracker/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">routinely exceed its budget\u003c/a>. Last year’s fire spending set a new record, and the political climate has made the outlays difficult to question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s expensive because you’re paying the same amount of money for firefighters whether they’re fighting a fire or sitting waiting for a fire to start,” Huston said. “But you have to weigh that against the potential for loss and the expense of a disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state already boasts a formidable firefighting air force, featuring S-2T air tankers that dump 1,200 gallons of flame retardant and Huey helicopters for lifting fire crews in and out of steep terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This spring, the Hueys will start to be replaced by more modern Black Hawks, the Army’s frontline utility helicopter. The first one is expected to be ready in May, said Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And over the next two years, Cal Fire will add seven C-130 Hercules cargo planes. Those will be retrofitted to carry between 3,000 and 4,000 gallons of flame retardant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California will have one of, if not the largest, firefighting air forces in the world,” McLean said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about the utilities?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11726441\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1405\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-800x585.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS33944_111318_AW_CampFire_31-qut-1200x878.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A PG&E worker cuts damaged power lines after the Camp Fire in Paradise. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At ground zero in much of the state are California’s investor-owned utilities and their spark-prone equipment. PG&E has vowed to expand power shut-off territory to as many as \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M263/K673/263673423.PDF#page=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.4 million customers\u003c/a>, up from 570,000 today. SCE is focused on better weather monitoring, adding 62 high-definition cameras and 350 micro weather stations as part of a broader \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.edison.com/releases/southern-california-edison-files-2019-wildfire-mitigation-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$582 million\u003c/a> safety plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And SDG&E, which has been most aggressive with more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdgenews.com/article/sdges-2019-wildfire-mitigation-plan-builds-past-successes-further-strengthen-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1 billion\u003c/a> in safety upgrades, will continue to replace wood poles with steel poles, hire a helitanker on standby year-round, and contract with firefighters especially trained to put out electrical fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet there’s no statewide standard for deciding when the power should be shut off. Instead, participating utilities base decisions on temperature, wind, humidity and other factors. SDG&E has been lauded for its \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/deenergization/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proactive use of public safety power shutoffs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E’s rollout has been less reassuring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days before the most destructive wildfire in California history ignited, 62,000 PG&E customers in eight counties, including Butte, were \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUCWebsite/Content/News_Room/NewsUpdates/2018/11-27-18%20PGE%20PSPS%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned\u003c/a> that their power could be turned off as a precautionary measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“This is an important safety alert from Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Extreme weather conditions and high fire-danger are forecasted in Butte County. These conditions may cause power outages in the area of your address. To protect public safety, PG&E may also temporarily turn off power in your neighborhood or community. If there is an outage, we will work to restore service as soon as it is safe to do so.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>—6:30 p.m. Nov. 6, 2018\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire reports the Camp Fire ignited around 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E never shut off power. In fact, the utility went on to issue cancellation notifications hours after the deadly blaze started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“This is an important safety update from Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Weather conditions have improved in your area, and we are not planning to turn off electricity for safety in the area of your address.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>—2 p.m. Nov. 8, 2018\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Three months have passed since the deadly Camp Fire devastated towns in the mountains of Butte County, leaving residents with burned-out properties covered with potentially toxic debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the mountain hamlet of Concow, one ridge over from Paradise, folks say they’re used to wildfires and cleaning up after them. They load up a pickup a few times and haul the debris away to the dump. At least that’s how they remember it being in 2008 after the last wildfire; but this time around, the clean-up process is not the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The difference is the danger presented by the amount of debris after nearly 19,000 structures were reduced to ash by the Camp Fire. Disaster response officials on the ground say the daunting clean up is on a scale that this country has not dealt with since 9/11. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Anderson lost his home in last fall’s Camp Fire, plus a couple of trailers and six cars. FEMA paid for a month in a hotel. Then, he was told by local officials he could come back and camp. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then this week, he learned he can’t stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is … the worst — people that got their homes burned and lost everything that are going to be hit again,” Anderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"A sign marking a property in Paradise indicates that hazardous household items have been removed. But toxins in the ash and debris remain a concern.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725044\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a.jpg 1307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign marking a property in Paradise indicates that hazardous household items have been removed. But toxins in the ash and debris remain a concern. \u003ccite>(Alisa Barba/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest hit is, in part, due to confusion. Health officials declared much of the burn area a public health emergency. Benzenes are seeping into the water. The rubble is a potentially dangerous mix of toxins that get stirred up every time the wind blows. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when you declare an area to be a public health emergency, the federal government says people can’t live there. And the feds are the ones footing most of the estimated $1.7 billion for cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Anderson is fed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county cares about their money rather than the welfare of the people. And that’s the way politicians are, in my opinion,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/image-from-ios-5-_wide-85e007e5a59a1e82c908873d98382bb1aca2de94-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Residents of Paradise gathered recently at a town hall meeting to learn that they would not be allowed to camp out or park RVs on their properties until clean up was complete.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725045\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of Paradise gathered recently at a town hall meeting to learn that they would not be allowed to camp out or park RVs on their properties until clean up was complete. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The town is a “war zone”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of rural areas, there was deep mistrust of the government here well before the Camp Fire, as well as conspiracy theorists. It all spilled over this week at a hearing in Paradise over the new camping ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents raised unfounded accusations that, by taking the federal money for cleanup, local officials would use eminent domain to build a fancier new town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judy Jones, the mayor of Paradise, said the town doesn’t have any choice: “Either we do this and get our town cleaned up, or we don’t, and $1.7 billion to clean up the town goes away. We’re not making the rules,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they don’t temporarily ban people from camping and the debris removal gets delayed, Jones said there are much bigger consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t do it, our town will look like a war zone for the next 20 years because we are broke,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor isn’t exaggerating. Paradise and the other destroyed communities around it really do still look like a war zone, even three months after the Camp Fire. And there’s fear that more people will give up on rebuilding and leave the area altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people aren’t returning because of crap like that,” said Martha Bryant, who was born and raised in Paradise. “We’ve been through hell — absolute hell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoking a cigarette to calm her nerves, she said people here should be left to make their own choices. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s their property. They’re adults. They know the risks. We don’t need other people — the county and everybody else — telling us how we should live our lives,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA said they’re committed to getting the cleanup done as quickly and safely as possible. But the monumental debris removal from almost 19,000 destroyed structures is estimated to take at least a year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There still are folks who are committed to sticking it out. Karen Roberds lost her home, cars and prized motorcycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We bought up here in 2002, and so it’s our home. It’s our retirement. It’s our community,” Roberds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said people came up here to escape the city, and these mountain communities should and will rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what I want to grow old knowing — that I helped put this back together,” Roberds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yet Another Setback\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new temporary ban on camping on burnt out properties isn’t popular. But not everyone is fighting it so vocally. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One ridge over from Paradise, rural Concow hasn’t gotten as much media attention. It’s a lot smaller but, three months after the Camp Fire, the scale of the destruction here is still a shock to see. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down a dirt driveway, Chuck Huff and his son were picking up blackened sticks and burnt brush, throwing them into a pile. Friendly and soft spoken, wearing a ball cap for shade while he works, Huff is the main caregiver for his 19-year-old son, Casey, who’s developmentally disabled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0431-6d3c4850acd6f81ddd76cab29d77f13fb023a1c0-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Many of the lots in the burned out towns above Chico still have the charred remains of cars that need to be cleared out.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0431-6d3c4850acd6f81ddd76cab29d77f13fb023a1c0-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0431-6d3c4850acd6f81ddd76cab29d77f13fb023a1c0-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0431-6d3c4850acd6f81ddd76cab29d77f13fb023a1c0-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0431-6d3c4850acd6f81ddd76cab29d77f13fb023a1c0-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0431-6d3c4850acd6f81ddd76cab29d77f13fb023a1c0.jpg 1827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many of the lots in the burned out towns above Chico still have the charred remains of cars that need to be cleared out. \u003ccite>(Alisa Barba/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Basically we’re cleaning brush,” he explained. “It’s burnt down. We lived through the 2008 fires and we didn’t realize how quick brush is going to grow and overtake.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huff wiped the sweat off his forehead and turned to look at what’s left of his fathers’s home on the hill above. “Basically right up there where the suburban is, their place burned down in 2008. They had a new mobile home put in.” When the Camp Fire roared through last November, Huff’s elderly father couldn’t get out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It burnt down again. And unfortunately my father burnt with it,” said Huff. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home that he and his wife and son lived in over in Paradise also burned to the ground in November. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their story is just one of many harrowing stories of victims in this huge disaster. It seems unfair. “Obviously with my disabled son, his structure being turned upside down, or lack of structure,” explained Huff. “Just affects everyone in our family.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Huff and his family are not leaving these mountains. His wife is back at work at a local school. And they’re not afraid of eventually rebuilding in a high risk area like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No, that’s part of life. We will definitely be way more prepared than before, the previous two times,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says this is home, where the memories are: “it was our life, it was the center of our family.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Huffs had applied for a permit to camp out here on their five acres while they wait to rebuild, but were notified they can’t now, at least until the government has cleaned up the site and certified it as safe. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was another setback. For now they’ll have to keep living where they’ve lived the past three long months — in a camper in his sister’s driveway down in Chico. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huff doesn’t blame anyone, he tries to shrug it off as he gets back to clearing all the brush off his parents’ charred lot. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Residents+Of+Paradise+And+Other+Towns+Destroyed+By+Wildfire+Must+Wait+To+Go+Home&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is … the worst — people that got their homes burned and lost everything that are going to be hit again,” Anderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"A sign marking a property in Paradise indicates that hazardous household items have been removed. But toxins in the ash and debris remain a concern.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725044\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_0426_sq-0d4740799514009852c28b1ef6280da5d8bbd09a.jpg 1307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign marking a property in Paradise indicates that hazardous household items have been removed. But toxins in the ash and debris remain a concern. \u003ccite>(Alisa Barba/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest hit is, in part, due to confusion. Health officials declared much of the burn area a public health emergency. Benzenes are seeping into the water. The rubble is a potentially dangerous mix of toxins that get stirred up every time the wind blows. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when you declare an area to be a public health emergency, the federal government says people can’t live there. And the feds are the ones footing most of the estimated $1.7 billion for cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Anderson is fed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county cares about their money rather than the welfare of the people. And that’s the way politicians are, in my opinion,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/image-from-ios-5-_wide-85e007e5a59a1e82c908873d98382bb1aca2de94-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Residents of Paradise gathered recently at a town hall meeting to learn that they would not be allowed to camp out or park RVs on their properties until clean up was complete.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725045\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of Paradise gathered recently at a town hall meeting to learn that they would not be allowed to camp out or park RVs on their properties until clean up was complete. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The town is a “war zone”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of rural areas, there was deep mistrust of the government here well before the Camp Fire, as well as conspiracy theorists. It all spilled over this week at a hearing in Paradise over the new camping ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents raised unfounded accusations that, by taking the federal money for cleanup, local officials would use eminent domain to build a fancier new town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judy Jones, the mayor of Paradise, said the town doesn’t have any choice: “Either we do this and get our town cleaned up, or we don’t, and $1.7 billion to clean up the town goes away. We’re not making the rules,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they don’t temporarily ban people from camping and the debris removal gets delayed, Jones said there are much bigger consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t do it, our town will look like a war zone for the next 20 years because we are broke,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor isn’t exaggerating. Paradise and the other destroyed communities around it really do still look like a war zone, even three months after the Camp Fire. And there’s fear that more people will give up on rebuilding and leave the area altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people aren’t returning because of crap like that,” said Martha Bryant, who was born and raised in Paradise. “We’ve been through hell — absolute hell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoking a cigarette to calm her nerves, she said people here should be left to make their own choices. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s their property. They’re adults. They know the risks. We don’t need other people — the county and everybody else — telling us how we should live our lives,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA said they’re committed to getting the cleanup done as quickly and safely as possible. But the monumental debris removal from almost 19,000 destroyed structures is estimated to take at least a year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There still are folks who are committed to sticking it out. Karen Roberds lost her home, cars and prized motorcycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We bought up here in 2002, and so it’s our home. It’s our retirement. It’s our community,” Roberds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said people came up here to escape the city, and these mountain communities should and will rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what I want to grow old knowing — that I helped put this back together,” Roberds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yet Another Setback\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new temporary ban on camping on burnt out properties isn’t popular. But not everyone is fighting it so vocally. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One ridge over from Paradise, rural Concow hasn’t gotten as much media attention. It’s a lot smaller but, three months after the Camp Fire, the scale of the destruction here is still a shock to see. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down a dirt driveway, Chuck Huff and his son were picking up blackened sticks and burnt brush, throwing them into a pile. 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"content": "\u003cp>In Butte County, officials are reversing course on a decision last month to let people live in tents or RVs on properties still covered in debris from houses that burned in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Camp Fire.\u003c/a> Those residents are being told to move even if they're currently camped on their own private property and even if they have nowhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're being told to vacate not because of health concerns, but because they could lose disaster aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the town of Paradise, which took the brunt of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Camp Fire that killed 86 people in December\u003c/a>, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors repealed their ordinances on Monday, which would have allowed people to stay camped on their properties. Officials said it's because the Federal Emergency Management Agency told them they could lose funding for debris removal if residents don't move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's horrible. It's not logical,\" Paradise Mayor Jody Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The constituents are correct; it is not logical to say you can live in a house next to a debris pile on the lot next door, but you can't live in a trailer 100 feet from the debris pile on an acre lot. It's not logical, but I don't make the rules,\" Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is a little bureaucratic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA pays for private debris removal if there's a declared public health emergency — which there is in Butte County. But if people are allowed to live on those burned-out properties, even in tents and RVs, it calls that emergency declaration into question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones said the town needs the agency to help clean up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It looks like a war zone and if they clean it up, then nine to 12 months from now it's not going to look like that. And if they don't, it's probably going to be a war zone for 20 years,\" she said. \"We have no money to clean it ourselves. We just didn't have any choice. And we did do everything that we could to try and change their minds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11722728/camp-fire-survivors-race-to-find-housing-before-last-shelter-closes\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Fire Survivors Race to Find Housing Before Last Shelter Closes\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>However, residents who are camped in tents and RVs don't have many choices either. And they feel like the town officials could have worked something out with FEMA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Jenkins is living in an RV on his mother-in-law's property in Paradise. Right now he doesn't have anywhere else to legally park his RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm going to be looking to be placing a trailer somewhere in Butte County if they force us to leave. And that's kind of scary,\" Jenkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scariest part for him is he just doesn't know what his options are or where he can live while the town rebuilds. He wants the city to tell him where else he should go with his RV, but he also doesn't want to do anything illegal or cause problems with the FEMA paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want to be in trouble and be hated, because I have really no other options available to me,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones said the town is working to make sure the lots with people camping on them, like Jenkin's mother-in-law's property, are cleaned first so people can move back quickly. She also said the town is still working to find them a place to park their RVs in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Paradise had a population of about 25,000 until it was almost entirely wiped out by the Camp Fire nearly three months ago. It was the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. Now, despite a massive effort to clean up, restore power and make plans to rebuild, the town remains largely uninhabitable. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still burned out cars, pickups and school buses lining its roads. Neighborhoods remain unrecognizable to even longtime residents. There's ash and toxic debris everywhere. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been staring at these same businesses and these same homes, burned down in our neighborhoods for over two months,\" says Duane Crowder, a volunteer who's coordinating disaster relief. \"Nothing has been done with them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8813_wide-31c4dcdd18485c2ec4bfaa7409e24e1f2b0e6a55-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Duane Crowder is coordinating disaster relief at the Magalia Baptist Church, where 300-600 people show up each day for free meals.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722955\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duane Crowder is coordinating disaster relief at the Magalia Baptist Church, where 300-600 people show up each day for free meals. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, all around Paradise, utility crews are putting power lines back up on the windy one-way-in, one-way-out streets and cul-de-sacs where lot after lot is burned out. Gas lines and phone service are also being restored. But for whom? Some former residents and local leaders are starting to question whether anyone is really going to live here anytime soon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Paradise will probably not rebuild for a decade,\" Crowder says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monumental task of removing that debris is beginning this week in earnest, a job that could take well over a year. Disaster response officials say it's on a scale not seen in this country since the Sept. 11 attacks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after that, rebuilding is no guarantee for a lot of people. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowder's father is the pastor at the Magalia Baptist Church, which did not burn. After the fire, the family transformed the facility into an aid station, a lifeline for up to 600 people per day. They come for free meals, pick up donated clothes, shoes. Spend just a few minutes there, and it's remarkable how fast the cases of bottled water get distributed from large pallets that Crowder can't get enough of. Paradise's water isn't safe to drink. Benzenes from burning plastics, soot and ash seeped into the town's water supply. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise seen last December.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722956\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-800x451.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-1200x676.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-1920x1082.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise seen last December. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the people who are still here have few other options but to live in their cars or a camper on their burned out property. A lot of people who could leave have left. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People have just said you know what, nuts to it, we're out of here, there's not going to be anything here,\" Crowder says. \"As the time goes on people start to realize, how much time this is going to take.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No going back\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linda Oslin, 73, and her husband Bob, who's 85, lost their home in Paradise. They had lived there since 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They've been staying with friends in a little town down in the valley ever since. Just along one small country lane, there are at least three other families doubling up in homes, in similar states of limbo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple has already decided they won't rebuild. They don't want to go back. One of the biggest concerns is the toxicity. They were avid gardeners, and if it's going to take more than a year just to clear the lots, they say, it's anybody's guess when crews will get around to theirs. No one can even start planning to rebuild until the debris is removed, and the government has certified the sites are safe. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And then to get a contractor and they're going to be rebuilding, what, 14,000 homes,\" Bob says. \"At my age, I don't have years.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oslins watched as it went from a quiet, country town to a commuter city built out into the woods. It was cheaper — a haven for retirees on fixed incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Oslins, and a lot of other people, were traumatized by the fire. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We just don't want to go back up there,\" Bob says. \"I don't know if I could sleep well if I woke up at two o'clock in the morning and heard the wind blowing, 40 miles and it's 80 degrees out, I'd lay there just wide awake thinking, 'oh boy.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They recently bought a new house in nearby Oroville. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rebuilding an entire city\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Camp Fire has again exposed the high risk of living in overgrown forests now prone to even more severe wildfires due to climate change. The aftermath is leading some to wonder whether this country's immediate response to natural disasters, the rush to rebuild and put everything back how it was, is the right thing to do. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local leaders like Ed Mayer, for instance, say they've been puzzled by the apparent rush by utility crews to reinstall a lot of the infrastructure in Paradise. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Their charge, given their funding streams, is to rebuild what was there, whether that makes sense or not,\" says Mayer, the executive director of the Housing Authority for Butte County. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a chicken-and-egg dilemma, though: how do you begin to even recover from a disaster if there's no infrastructure to support it? For most, rebuilding is so far off in the future that Mayer is doing all he can to help people relocate, mostly out of state. There was already a severe housing shortage here before the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8811_wide-ded7acf4b11e3340be9979ceab0de511131f98d1-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"For many in Paradise, the reality is starting to sink in that it could take years to recover let alone rebuild.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722957\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many in Paradise, the reality is starting to sink in that it could take years to recover let alone rebuild. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We see these populations coming out of Paradise, they want to stay with their community, they've been here for decades,\" he says. \"But really, that's not an option.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not an option right now for a place that is basically a skeleton — they're trucking in water to make coffee at Starbucks, the hospital is shuttered, the Safeway is rubble. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Paradise had a population of about 25,000 until it was almost entirely wiped out by the Camp Fire nearly three months ago. It was the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. Now, despite a massive effort to clean up, restore power and make plans to rebuild, the town remains largely uninhabitable. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still burned out cars, pickups and school buses lining its roads. Neighborhoods remain unrecognizable to even longtime residents. There's ash and toxic debris everywhere. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been staring at these same businesses and these same homes, burned down in our neighborhoods for over two months,\" says Duane Crowder, a volunteer who's coordinating disaster relief. \"Nothing has been done with them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/img_8813_wide-31c4dcdd18485c2ec4bfaa7409e24e1f2b0e6a55-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Duane Crowder is coordinating disaster relief at the Magalia Baptist Church, where 300-600 people show up each day for free meals.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722955\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duane Crowder is coordinating disaster relief at the Magalia Baptist Church, where 300-600 people show up each day for free meals. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, all around Paradise, utility crews are putting power lines back up on the windy one-way-in, one-way-out streets and cul-de-sacs where lot after lot is burned out. Gas lines and phone service are also being restored. But for whom? Some former residents and local leaders are starting to question whether anyone is really going to live here anytime soon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Paradise will probably not rebuild for a decade,\" Crowder says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monumental task of removing that debris is beginning this week in earnest, a job that could take well over a year. Disaster response officials say it's on a scale not seen in this country since the Sept. 11 attacks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after that, rebuilding is no guarantee for a lot of people. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowder's father is the pastor at the Magalia Baptist Church, which did not burn. After the fire, the family transformed the facility into an aid station, a lifeline for up to 600 people per day. They come for free meals, pick up donated clothes, shoes. Spend just a few minutes there, and it's remarkable how fast the cases of bottled water get distributed from large pallets that Crowder can't get enough of. Paradise's water isn't safe to drink. Benzenes from burning plastics, soot and ash seeped into the town's water supply. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise seen last December.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722956\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-800x451.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-1200x676.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_18337858678274_wide-37017178bf0d0820d80bcb7bf04e7246aa264415-1920x1082.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise seen last December. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the people who are still here have few other options but to live in their cars or a camper on their burned out property. A lot of people who could leave have left. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People have just said you know what, nuts to it, we're out of here, there's not going to be anything here,\" Crowder says. \"As the time goes on people start to realize, how much time this is going to take.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No going back\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linda Oslin, 73, and her husband Bob, who's 85, lost their home in Paradise. They had lived there since 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They've been staying with friends in a little town down in the valley ever since. Just along one small country lane, there are at least three other families doubling up in homes, in similar states of limbo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple has already decided they won't rebuild. They don't want to go back. One of the biggest concerns is the toxicity. They were avid gardeners, and if it's going to take more than a year just to clear the lots, they say, it's anybody's guess when crews will get around to theirs. No one can even start planning to rebuild until the debris is removed, and the government has certified the sites are safe. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And then to get a contractor and they're going to be rebuilding, what, 14,000 homes,\" Bob says. \"At my age, I don't have years.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oslins watched as it went from a quiet, country town to a commuter city built out into the woods. It was cheaper — a haven for retirees on fixed incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Oslins, and a lot of other people, were traumatized by the fire. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We just don't want to go back up there,\" Bob says. \"I don't know if I could sleep well if I woke up at two o'clock in the morning and heard the wind blowing, 40 miles and it's 80 degrees out, I'd lay there just wide awake thinking, 'oh boy.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They recently bought a new house in nearby Oroville. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rebuilding an entire city\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Camp Fire has again exposed the high risk of living in overgrown forests now prone to even more severe wildfires due to climate change. 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That works out to $1,200 a month, which is quite a bit of money.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710884/list-of-those-who-died-in-butte-county-paradise-camp-fire\">In Remembrance: The Names of Those Lost in the Camp Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710884/list-of-those-who-died-in-butte-county-paradise-camp-fire\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-1070764466-e1544221282927-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Former Paradise resident Anna Goodnight, who lost everything in the Camp Fire, is one of the shelter residents who hopes she'll be allowed to stay due to a medical condition. But that's not to say she's happy about conditions at the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All we're trying to do is live the best we can,\" Goodnight said. \"And then they put us down and then you get more depression. We're all suffering PTSD. And it's gotten worse. Only if they would do their job right and talk to us like we're not s***.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disaster relief officials have been racing to find temporary shelter or housing for dozens of people at the shelter, who now face homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the folks who are left at the shelter were already living on the economic margins when the Camp Fire destroyed whole towns and rural mountain neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicholas Soto, one survivor of the fire, has been moving from shelter to shelter. Since early December, he and his wife have parked their RV along a fence crammed with other campers abutting a Chevron station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get tired of being pushed from one place to another, told you can't be here, you can't be there, it's a little tiring,\" said Soto. \"We fled the fire only to jump into hell.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soto suffers from chronic lung disease and diabetes. At almost 70, with long salt-and-pepper hair pulled back in a ponytail, he often has to use a wheelchair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sotos also rescue dogs. With four dogs and two cats, they're crammed inside the camper. It weighs heavily on Soto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mentally, it's hard on the mind, you know,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722729\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/rv-camp-fire-8d6554be212463d7f38a8b53032df77339c15baa-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An abandoned RV at the last remaining Red Cross shelter providing housing for victims of the Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An abandoned RV at the last remaining Red Cross shelter providing housing for victims of the Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the shelter's closure were actually set in stone, local officials worry it would exacerbate an already severe homelessness crisis in Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They will all have a plan before they leave the shelter,\" assures Cindy Huge, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross. \"Whether that be a permanent house, temporary housing, they will all have a recovery plan. We just don't put them out and say we're closing the shelter — Red Cross doesn't do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, Butte County received a million-dollar grant that will go to help those who remain here find new housing — likely out of state. There was already a housing shortage in this rural area before 14,000 homes burned overnight. Even before the Camp Fire, vacancy rates fell between 1 and 2 percent most of the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the aid Red Cross is giving to victims, FEMA has processed about 26,000 applications for California fire victims since last November, the bulk coming from Butte County and the Camp Fire, including Soto. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicholas Soto, one survivor of the fire, has been moving from shelter to shelter. Since early December, he and his wife have parked their RV along a fence crammed with other campers abutting a Chevron station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get tired of being pushed from one place to another, told you can't be here, you can't be there, it's a little tiring,\" said Soto. \"We fled the fire only to jump into hell.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soto suffers from chronic lung disease and diabetes. At almost 70, with long salt-and-pepper hair pulled back in a ponytail, he often has to use a wheelchair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sotos also rescue dogs. With four dogs and two cats, they're crammed inside the camper. It weighs heavily on Soto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mentally, it's hard on the mind, you know,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11722729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11722729\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/rv-camp-fire-8d6554be212463d7f38a8b53032df77339c15baa-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An abandoned RV at the last remaining Red Cross shelter providing housing for victims of the Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An abandoned RV at the last remaining Red Cross shelter providing housing for victims of the Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the shelter's closure were actually set in stone, local officials worry it would exacerbate an already severe homelessness crisis in Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They will all have a plan before they leave the shelter,\" assures Cindy Huge, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross. \"Whether that be a permanent house, temporary housing, they will all have a recovery plan. We just don't put them out and say we're closing the shelter — Red Cross doesn't do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, Butte County received a million-dollar grant that will go to help those who remain here find new housing — likely out of state. There was already a housing shortage in this rural area before 14,000 homes burned overnight. Even before the Camp Fire, vacancy rates fell between 1 and 2 percent most of the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the aid Red Cross is giving to victims, FEMA has processed about 26,000 applications for California fire victims since last November, the bulk coming from Butte County and the Camp Fire, including Soto. FEMA extended its deadline to apply for aid to Feb. 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the aid he'd get from FEMA, Soto hopes to leave the shelter and drive up to Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's worse things that could have happened to us,\" said Soto. \"We got our lives and we got our fur babies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from NPR's Hafsa Quraishi, North State Public Radio's Marc Albert, and KQED's Lily Jamali.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Camp+Fire+Victims+Race+To+Find+Housing+Before+The+Last+Shelter+Closes&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and its parent company officially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed for bankruptcy protection\u003c/a> early Tuesday morning, saying it was necessary as the company tries to deal with tens of billions of dollars in potential liabilities from destructive wildfires in 2017 and 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the move just after midnight was expected, reaction was nonetheless swift and overwhelmingly negative. Legislators, experts and consumer watchdog groups slammed the state’s biggest utility, saying it will ultimately benefit the company at the expense of ratepayers and fire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'This is the easy way for them to go. This is the way they can move forward and put everyone at risk.'\u003ccite>State Sen. 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Power, I believe, will still be going through those transmission lines ... fire prevention measures must continue, bankruptcy or not,” said Sherwood. “I think PG&E is behind the ball when it comes to fire prevention measures, and I'm concerned that bankruptcy will further put them behind the ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>PG&E Is Filing for Bankruptcy While Still Solvent\u003c/h3>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At its core, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11721763/pge-just-filed-for-bankruptcy-heres-what-happens-next\">Chapter 11 bankruptcy\u003c/a> is aimed at allowing a company to restructure its operations and get rid of some debts when it doesn’t have enough money to pay all those obligations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what's unusual about this bankruptcy filing is that the utility is still solvent. As part of its filing, PG&E estimated its liabilities at about $51 billion and its assets at more than $71 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some critics argue there's no reason for the company to go bankrupt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the easy way for them to go. This is the way they can move forward and put everyone at risk,” said state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), whose district includes San Bruno, the site of a 2010 gas explosion caused by PG&E equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill points out that ratepayers ended up on the hook for billions of dollars in loans after the utility declared bankruptcy in 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ratepayers, as we did with the last bankruptcy, will wind up paying a lot more,” he said. “The victims will probably not get dollar for dollar and PG&E will win. 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Because they got the store the last time, and they're banking on the fact that this PUC will give them the store,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11721861/pge-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection\">PG&E Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11721861/pge-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-1020x707.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hill and other lawmakers agree that the CPUC needs to play a stronger role in what happens next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The PUC could come back with some strong requirements on that reorganization that puts the balance of power more in the hands of the ratepayers, more in the hands of the consumer and the victims, rather than in the pockets of PG&E shareholders,\" Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some critics are going farther. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, called on Gov. 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