{"id":455497,"date":"2026-09-06T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455497\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:12:12","slug":"california-politics-360-full-episode-whats-next-after-wildfire-liability-proposal-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455497\/","title":{"rendered":"California Politics 360 full episode | What&#8217;s next after wildfire liability proposal fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California Politics 360 full episode | What&#8217;s next after wildfire liability proposal fails<\/p>\n<p>PG&amp;E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas &amp; Electric wanted to shift some of those wildfire costs onto insurance companies. This week, the California Assembly decided to scrap a plan that lawmakers put together in the final hours of the legislative session. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b\" aria-label=\"Ashley Zavala profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788711132_777_21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b_1759272616.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ashley Zavala\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">California leaders are back to the drawing board to answer this question: Who and how much should California\u2019s investor-owned utility companies pay when they cause a catastrophic wildfire? <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pge.com\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PG&amp;E<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Southern California Edison<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Diego Gas &amp; Electric<\/a> wanted to shift some of those wildfire costs onto insurance companies. This week, the California Assembly decided to scrap a plan that lawmakers put together in the final hours of the legislative session. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">On California Politics 360, Ashley Zavala invited the 3 CEOs of the major power utility companies to the show to discuss what they are asking lawmakers to do. PG&amp;E declined. We didn\u2019t hear back from Southern California Edison or San Diego Gas &amp; Electric by Friday morning. Ashley Zavala sits down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsurvivors.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Every Fire Survivor&#8217;s Network<\/a> executive director, Joy Chen. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Governor Newsom has not ruled out calling a special session. Zavala sits down with the leader of the assembly\u2019s utilities and energy committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/petrie-norris.asmdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Assembly Member Cottie Petrie-Norris<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Ahead of the General Election in November, we are sitting down with candidates running for major statewide offices. This week, Zavala sits down with candidate for State Superintendent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barreraforedu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Richard Barrera<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">This November, voters will decide whether to make a voter-approved temporary tax on California\u2019s wealthiest permanent. Brandi Cummings explains what would change under <a href=\"https:\/\/voterguide.sos.ca.gov\/propositions\/3\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposition 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala <\/a>reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/california-politics-360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Politics 360<\/a>.&#8221; Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California Politics 360 full episode | What&#8217;s next after wildfire liability proposal fails PG&amp;E, Southern California Edison and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24875,7,4187,9,37829,8,400,11751,13540,179806,52394,179807,11799,2893,22230,473,7834,179810,11053,3604,179808,95044,16107,10780,179809,430,176873],"class_list":["post-455497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ashley-zavala","tag-california","tag-california-assembly","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-leader","tag-california-news","tag-california-politics","tag-california-politics-360","tag-candidate","tag-cottie-petrie-norris","tag-electric","tag-every-fire-survivors-network","tag-full-episode","tag-insurance-companies","tag-joy-chen","tag-kcra","tag-lawmaker","tag-network-executive-director","tag-november","tag-pge","tag-proposition-3","tag-san-diego-gas","tag-san-diego-gas-electric","tag-southern-california-edison","tag-temporary-tax","tag-week","tag-wildfire-liability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}