My question is: when will SoCal Gas Company file a bankruptcy claim and leave California taxpayers holding the bag?The casualties of the natural gas leak that began in October are enormous. Up to 5,000 residents have fled the area to hotels and homes farther from the estimated 87.5 million tons of methane that have been pumped into the air by a Southern California Gas Co. facility. Residents have complained of nosebleeds, dizziness, nausea, headaches and respiratory problems. Students have been relocated to other schools.
A flurry of lawsuits have been filed by residents who continue to pay the mortgage on homes they can’t live in and who have had their lives turned on their heads by the disaster. Gov. Jerry Brown declared the situation a state of emergency. The South Coast Air Quality Management District, the agency that regulates Southern California’s air quality, is suing the gas company, accusing it of negligence in the design, construction and operation of one of the wells at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility near Porter Ranch.
And Tuesday, the first criminal charges in Los Angeles County against Southern California Gas were filed by the county's District Attorney Jackie Lacey for failing to immediately report the gas leak to state authorities. Also Tuesday, the California attorney general filed a lawsuit, alleging state health and safety law violations.
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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