Gavin Newsom’s donor PG&E was found criminally liable for 85 counts of murder for a fire they caused with outdated equipment
They paid Gavin Newsom $208,000 and he bailed them out
A PG&E lobbyist hosted the famous Covid dinner at Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry
Spencer Pratt “7 years ago today, two days after Gavin Newsom was elected Governor of California, one of Gavin Newsom's biggest donors killed 85 people by sparking the Camp Fire on state-managed land. Because PG&E had faulty equipment they hadn't addressed in 99 years, they destroyed Paradise, burning down nearly 20,000 structures and PG&E were found liable for 85 counts of murder, forced to pay a massive settlement, but what did they do?
They paid Gavin Newsom $208,000 and he bailed them out.
To this day, seven years later, many of PG&E's victims have still not received their full settlement payments. Seven years later, 75% of Paradise is just burnt-out empty lots. Now you know why I keep saying that Palisades won't be rebuilt in my lifetime. Gavin Newsom's friends literally destroyed Paradise and, to this day, only a fraction of it has been rebuilt.
What a horrific showcase of Gavin Newsom's impotence and corruption doing the bidding of corporate lobbyists, abandoning fire victims, allowing California towns to rot after fires burn through the neglected, overgrown state forest.
Oh, and remember his infamous French Laundry dinner during the COVID lockdowns? Guess who was hosting the swanky dinner? A PG&E lobbyist.
Since that fire, have we learned anything? Has anything changed? Newsom is still neglecting all the dead brush, communities like mine are still getting destroyed by fires on state land, and dozens of people are dying. What happens after the fire? We get ignored, neglected, and pushed out by his wealthy buddies to replace our families with high-density housing.
It's a sad day and a horrific legacy for Gavin Newsom.”