The Legislature spent months conducting hearings last year to craft and pass Senate Bill 901, wide-reaching legislation that included new plans the utilities must submit to prevent wildfires and addressed key issues such as forest management and legal liability. Picker pointed to the Camp fire to suggest the bill didn’t go far enough, while defending what some lawmakers consider a slow process at the CPUC to implement the legislation.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2019 02:37 UTC