SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging a federal judge to reject Pacific Gas and Electric's blueprint for getting out of bankruptcy and renewing his threat to lead a bid to turn the beleaguered utility into a government-run operation.
The sternly worded rebuke of PG&E's plan made by Newsom's lawyers in a Wednesday court filing escalates the intrigue in a case that will determine the fate of the nation's largest utility. PG&E is trying to dig out of a financial hole because of more than $50 billion in claims stemming from a series of catastrophic wildfires blamed on the San Francisco company.
In other California news, the governor is asking the Trump administration to provide surplus federal land that could be used to build housing for the homeless, mirroring a new state program.
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the request to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson amid an ongoing debate over whether Democratic officials in California are doing enough to ease the state's homelessness crisis. The governor earlier this month directed his administration to identify unused state property that can be used by local governments or nonprofits.
That includes state property alongside highways or state roads, state fairgrounds, and vacant hospitals and health care facilities.
While the governor was busy with PG&E and the Trump administration, actor and musician Jeff Goldblum joined activists on Wednesday at the State Capitol to support a landmark California proposal to cut down on single-use plastic food containers. Goldblum helped deliver signed letters from celebrities and advocates in favor of legislation that aims to reduce waste from plastics like takeout boxes and food containers by 75% within the next decade.
The proposal stalled last year amid heavy opposition from industry groups. Goldblum likened the 10-year target to President John F. Kennedy's 1961 moon-shot speech to put a man on the moon within a decade.
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