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The Sacramento Bee – California can’t afford a utility handout that shifts costs onto consumers – Opinion

By Dave Jones, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article317044908.html California’s insurance market has endured some of the most challenging years in its history. An eleventh hour…

Daily Journal – Critics blast last-minute push for sweeping wildfire package

By Malcolm Maclachlan, DAILY JOURNAL https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/393984-critics-blast-last-minute-push-for-sweeping-wildfire-package Assembly and Newsom proposals would reshape wildfire compensation, insurance regulation and utility liability, but consumer advocates…

Center For Climate Integrity – Watchdog group, Congress call out fossil fuel influence in Supreme Court briefs

Many organizations coming to Big Oil’s defense in Suncor v. Boulder are funded by the companies they are trying to protect, members…

Fox 26 (KMPH): California Wildfire Fund Debate

KCRA 3: Fire Survivors Speak Out Against Limit To Utility Payouts

CalMatters – With clock ticking, California lawmakers reject key parts of Newsom’s wildfire plan

BY JEANNE KUANG AND  LEVI SUMAGAYSAY, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/california-wildfire-package-newsom-lawmakers-balk With only six days left in the legislative session, lawmakers refuse to back several of Gov. Gavin…

Sacramento Bee – CA Senate issues its own utility wildfire proposal, sets up late negotiations

By Andrew Graham and Stephen Hobbs https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article317008779.html A California Senate plan that would change how the state handles utility-caused wildfires differs from an earlier proposal…

KTLA-LA (CW): Wildfire Survivors Demonstrated Against Newsom’s Plan On Wildfire Liability

KTXL-SAC (FOX): Fight Over Wildfire Liability Heats Up

The Lever – Deploying To SCOTUS: Big Oil’s Dark Money Army

Right-wing dark money groups and Big Oil are pressuring the Supreme Court to shield the fossil fuel industry from paying for climate…

The Washington Times – Goldwater Institute makes the case for Supreme Court to strike down home distilling ban

By Kerry Picket, THE WASHINGTON TIMES https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/24/goldwater-institute-makes-case-supreme-court-strike-home-distilling/?srsltid=AfmBOoq5zRTGC_XrcKa5kDQSuuEo0JS2N14VE0Obl7eU7RwDncz-AKqO The libertarian Goldwater Institute has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court backing the end…

KCRA News: Wildfire Survivors To Rally At State Capitol

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KTXL-SAC (FOX): Legislators & Wildfire Survivors Call For Action

Altadena Now – Wildfire Survivors to Press Lawmakers at Capitol Tuesday Against Newsom Utility Liability Plan

By ALTADENA NOW https://www.altadena-now.com/main/government/wildfire-survivors-to-press-lawmakers-at-capitol-tuesday-against-newsom-utility-liability-plan Wildfire survivors and state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez are scheduled to gather at the California State Capitol on…

Sacramento Bee – Assembly leaders reject elements of Newsom’s utility wildfire proposal in counter

By Andrew Graham and Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article316995972.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. With just one week left until the end of the legislative…

KTVU Fox 2: Wildfire Survivors Protest At Governor’s Mansion

KXTV-SAC (ABC): Survivors Of The Altadena Fire In L.A. Rallied Outside The Governor’s Mansion

KCRA – Wildfire survivors protest outside Gov. Newsom’s mansion over utility liability proposal

By Ashley Zavala, KCRA https://www.kcra.com/article/newsom-mansion-protest-utility-liability-wildfire-survivors/73517332 Wildfire survivors from the Los Angeles area held a peaceful protest outside Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mansion Tuesday…

San Francisco Chronicle – Gavin Newsom is reigniting a political firestorm as his tenure draws to a close

By Sophia Bollag, Megan Fan Munce, Kathryn Palmer, Staff Writers, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-wildfire-fire-utility-california-22397359.php?sid=53b87bf69dbcd42d26000640&ss=A&st_rid=db2ad497-fbe0-42cb-af84-220063588737&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL2FydGljbGUvbmV3c29tLXdpbGRmaXJlLWZpcmUtdXRpbGl0eS1jYWxpZm9ybmlhLTIyMzk3MzU5LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc4NzYwMTY5Mjg5OA%3D%3D&rid=ZGIyYWQ0OTctZmJlMC00MmNiLWFmODQtMjIwMDYzNTg4NzM3&sharecount=MA%3D%3D SACRAMENTO — As his time as governor comes…