Where is "common sense", people???
The LA Chief tried to appeal for her job back Tuesday.
Go figure that one out...
you are a leader???
people died. lives destroyed.
so, own up to the errors and move along...
Where is the Palisades/Eaton Fire 72-hour report?
and after-action review?
How hard is it for the investigators to get the
fleet management records and GPS trail
of the fire vehicles for January 7, 2025.
If I have done it for my own tiny town-
the investigators could have fact checked everything
the LA Chief said
and told us
we, the people
to build our trust
with the fire industry.
Right now,
if the LA Chief claims
the pre planning deployment existed
than let us see the GPS mapping
of such vehicles staged where she stated.
Let us see all who stated they were stuck in traffic-
show the fleet management tracking data.
Misc. "Junk Journaling":
this lady looks like me:
The Palisades Fire has occurred multiple times in recent history, with notable instances in 2021 and, most recently, January 2025 in Los Angeles County, California.
Since I asked this question on March 6, 2025, referring to the January 2025 Palisades Fire, which began on January 7, 2025.
However, I’ll address the general process and deadlines for tort claims in California related to wildfires.
In California, the deadline for filing a tort claim depends on whether you’re pursuing a claim against a private entity (like a utility company) or a public entity (like a government agency), as well as the type of damage you’re claiming—personal injury, property damage, or both.
Here’s how it breaks down:
Claims Against Private Entities
(e.g., Utility Companies)
If you’re filing a lawsuit against a private entity, such as Southern California Edison, which has been implicated in lawsuits related to the 2025 Palisades Fire for possibly causing the blaze via its equipment, the statute of limitations under California law is:
Personal Injury: 2 years from the date of the incident (California Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1). For the January 7, 2025, fire, this would generally mean a deadline of January 7, 2027.
Property Damage: 3 years from the date of the incident (California Code of Civil Procedure § 338).
For the same fire, this would be January 7, 2028.
However, these deadlines can vary based on specific circumstances, such as when the damage was discovered (the "discovery rule") or if special funds or settlements extend filing periods.
For instance, some wildfire victim funds tied to utility bankruptcies have had longer claim windows, but no such fund has been explicitly confirmed for the 2025 Palisades Fire as of now.
Claims Against Public Entities
(e.g., Government Agencies)
If you’re filing a claim against a public entity under the California Tort Claims Act (Government Code §§ 810-996.6)—for example, if you believe a state or local agency failed to mitigate fire risks—you must first file an administrative claim with the appropriate government body:
Deadline: 6 months from the date of the incident for personal injury or property damage (Government Code § 911.2).
For the January 7, 2025, Palisades Fire,
this would be July 7, 2025.
Lawsuit Deadline: If the claim is denied, you have 6 months from the date of the rejection notice to file a lawsuit (Government Code § 945.6). If no rejection notice is received, you have 2 years from the date of the incident (January 7, 2027).
Given that today is March 6, 2025, you’re still within the 6-month window to file a government claim for the January 2025 fire, with roughly four months remaining
until July 7, 2025.
Specific to the 2025 Palisades Fire
The 2025 Palisades Fire, starting January 7, 2025, has already prompted lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging its equipment sparked the blaze.
No specific tort claim deadline unique to this fire has been widely publicized as of my last update, but the standard California timelines apply unless modified by emergency declarations or litigation-specific settlements.
For example, Governor Newsom’s tax relief announcements for affected residents (extending tax deadlines to October 15, 2025) don’t directly alter tort claim deadlines but suggest flexibility in related administrative processes.
Practical Considerations
Evidence Gathering: You’d need to act quickly to document losses (photos, receipts, etc.), especially since insurers and courts require proof, and wildfire damage can evolve (e.g., smoke damage manifesting later).
Legal Consultation: Deadlines can shift if you join a class action or mass tort, which is common in wildfire cases. Consulting an attorney familiar with California wildfire litigation (like those at King Law or Maison Law) is critical to confirm exact deadlines for your situation.
Utility Liability: California’s unique inverse condemnation doctrine means utilities can be liable even without negligence, potentially simplifying claims but not altering statutory deadlines.
For the 2025 fire, the key immediate deadline against a public entity is July 7, 2025, while private entity claims extend to 2027 or 2028, depending on the damage type.
FIRE ALL LEADERS TIED TO THE PALISADES FIRE THAT HANDLED PRE_PLANNING AND INITIAL ATTACK IS MY HUMBLE OPINION---yes there were winds but watch WHEN and HOW LONG and this lady in image below...go to UC SAN DIEGO TEMEMSCAL TRAILHEAD AXIS camera 2 Jan 7 10:35pm:
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Edison International President and CEO Pedro Pizarro discusses the current state of the investigation into the cause of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires on "Bloomberg The Close." Sign up for the Energy Daily newsletter, your guide to the energy and commodities markets that power the global economy, from journalists stationed around the world: https://bloom.bg/3VlGFMA -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X: / bloombergtv Facebook: / bloombergtelevision Instagram: / bloombergtv Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X: / business Facebook: / bloombergbusiness Instagram: / bloombergbusiness TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusi... Reddit: / bloomberg LinkedIn: / bloomberg-news More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio: / bloombergradio Bloomberg Surveillance: / bsurveillance Bloomberg Politics: / bpolitics Bloomberg Originals: / bbgoriginals Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology: / @bloombergtechnology Bloomberg Originals: / @business Bloomberg Quicktake: / @bloombergquicktake Bloomberg Espanol: / @bloomberg_espanol Bloomberg Podcasts: / @bloombergpodcasts
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The Port of LA can cover the costs? Prayers
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10 separate arson fires were set on january 7 2025. in LA county
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We do see a number of concerning items, including the videos that you've seen
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out in public. But at that point, that is viewed as the
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likely source of ignition. We're not seeing the typical signs of
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ignition. We're not seeing the art marks, we're
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not seeing the molten metal or the missing metal.
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And so we are eager to continue to look further.
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A key next step will be to remove the transmission line.
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It's an idled the energized line. We want to remove them from the tower to
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inspect that. It may still take us a few more weeks to
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do that because we are in the middle of negotiating a protocol for how we do
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that safely and appropriately. In concert with a number of the
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plaintiffs attorneys and other stakeholders.
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So then broaden it out. I'm assuming that if you take a look at
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that, you're going to have take a look at all your idle transmission lines and
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make sure there is no risk going forward.
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What kind of labor time and sensitivity and also maybe CapEx will be involved in
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that? Well, Alex, if it ends up being the
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decider line or involved, it will not have been through a typical ignition
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mechanism and it was at the energized line.
1:05
It sits next to energized lines. There was no fault on those energized
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lines. There was a fault somewhere between five
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and 12 miles away on a different set of transmission lines.
1:14
And so the idea being explored is that somehow that fault led to an increase in
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currents, which then led to induction that would have provided energy to the
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idle line. So this is, again, not something that is
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common. If we find that that was indeed the
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mechanism. A we want to learn so we can make our
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system safer and B, we want to share that with the industry because I think
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the entire industry will be safer coming out of that.
1:40
I don't have an estimate for you yet in terms of what that would mean
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financially, because we don't even know if this is what happened.
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But at a minimum, would it entail, you know, thinking about how we do our
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inspections, how we do our grounding, how we continue to maintain those idle
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lines? And again, I want to point out, these
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are not abandoned lines. There are idle lines that we inspect
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annually and maintain. I am curious, Pedro, so as we move
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forward and we get through the investigation and those inspections and
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actually start to get down to the rebuilding and compensation, where does
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that money come from? There's been a lot of talk here about
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replenishing the wild fire fund and potentially replenishing some of those
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funds with money out of effectively your own shareholders pockets.
2:23
Yeah. So I want to remind folks that in
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California we have legislation that was led by Governor Newsom in the
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legislature in 2019 that frankly, is the model for the country around how to work
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through wildfire mitigation. It does three things.
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It said wildfire mitigation plans that are overseen by the regulators that
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define the expectations for utilities in keeping the system safe and therefore
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they keep the community safe. Second thing it did was said it
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recognized that the risk will never be zero.
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As hard as we work as utilities, as hard as the state works on firefighting, in
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spite of everybody's efforts, we have extreme weather.
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We had 100 mile an hour hurricane force winds that prevented firefighters from
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flying their aircraft during this event because their risk will never be zero.
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The law created a wildfire insurance fund that has a capacity of around $21
3:14
billion. And so, I mean, that's where the funds
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would come from if this fire is determined to have been linked to Edison
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equipment. The third thing, by the way, that the
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fund or that the law did was that it created the right balance between
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keeping our shareholders or company accountable.
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Right. While at the same time maintaining the
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financial health of our utility companies so that we can serve our
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customers and serve the state. And so just as a reminder, if the
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company is found to have been linked to the fire, it is presumed to have acted
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prudently, reasonably, because we have a safety certificate in hand.
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Yeah, if at the end of the process somebody creates serious doubt about
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that, we will then have to show to the Public Utilities Commission why we
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believe we were prudent. If we're found to have been imprudent.
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There is a cap on this exposure to shareholders.
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It's 20% of our AT&T equity rate base today.
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That would be about $4 billion. Right.
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In the future, that might be a bit larger as our rate base grows.
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So let's say it's five, five and a half billion dollars.
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That's if we're found fully imprudent. The commission might decide that we were
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partially prudent and assess a lower disallowance.
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That's still of much lower than our market cap of around $20 billion today.
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So it's it's a good balance between enough pain for the shareholder to give
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us accountable while preserving the financial health of the utility.
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And as you sort of move beyond that, there are some longer term issues that
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you have to address as well. I mean, they're going to be upgrades one
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way or the other, whether it's directly related to what happened with the
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wildfires or really just your own long term planning in that process.
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I am curious about the cost to do that, particularly given some of the shortages
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we've seen with Transformers and some of the other components and particularly
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against the backdrop now of what potentially are going to be new tariffs.
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That could further exacerbate that shortage.
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Yeah, absolutely. And we're looking at all of that.
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I do not have an estimate for you today of what rebuilding these areas will
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entail. Our team is working on that to move very
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quickly to repower everybody who could receive power.
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We're now looking at how we rebuild, particularly the most impacted areas.
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We expect undergrounding will be a larger part of the solution because
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that's our standard for new developments today.
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And sadly, areas like Altadena will look a lot like a new development given that
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the horrible devastation there. You're right.
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To the extent that tariffs come into play, we've certainly seen President
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Trump's policy on that still evolving. But that could put a lot of pressure on
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the underlying materials. Do you feel confident you could do a
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pass through there? Do your customers would you be allowed?
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Well, that would be a cost of service, you know, appropriate cost of service
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that would be passed through to customers.
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But importantly here, we've done a lot of work over the last decade to mitigate
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cost increases. If you look over the last 30 years, X
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rates have increased at around the level of inflation.
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We went well beyond that over the last five years, driven by power market costs
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as well as wildfire mitigation costs and the cost of a number of policies in the
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state. However, we have provided disclosures
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that between 24 and 2028, even if he gets its full request in its general
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rate case and its full request and a number of other proceedings, we see rate
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increases at SC going back to growing at around the level of local inflation
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around a 2.6% annual increase, compounded annual
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increase for 2028. And while the devastation in Altadena
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and Malibu was significant in the context of our large capital program,
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which will be around $8 billion a year, I don't expect that that would create.
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That alone would create a significant delta over that 2.6%.
God is watching how the utility companies handle all this---especially when lives were lost
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