Erin Brockovich
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146 appearances
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard Jan 2025
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Where the gas pipelines blew up. And killed people and blew up an entire neighborhood outside of San Francisco.
And then, you know, you follow them up to the Dixie Fire, the Kincaid Fires, the Paradise Fire. Oh my gosh, the idea that there wasn't more deaths coming out of Pacific Palisades. It blows my mind.
Deaths. I mean, they were in a very precarious situation.
Pacific Palisades, these fires were very much paradise in Maui in one. Yeah. And it's so upsetting and it's so frustrating to me because we're not learning and it doesn't have to be this way. So what happened with PG&E... Yeah. And this is my philosophy, my observations from 30 years on the ground, working with attorneys, seeing the lawsuits, being there with the communities.
It's settled for about 38 billion. If I'm going to look at this company and what they had to pay out, look, Hinckley settled for 333 million. But what we're not adding to that, and the corporation is looking at, a 100-year cleanup. You can easily add another 100 million plus to the 333 million for a 100-year cleanup order, not to mention defense costs.
So PG&E settled for way more and cost PG&E way more than $333 million. But if I calculate that all the way to the fires at $38 billion, this company is on the brink of paying more out in damages and litigation than the value of the company.
Right. Yeah. What about the whole idea of...
These conversations, um, Working with people, and this is where, you know, let me, if you've watched the film Mary Brockovich, you'll know I hate lawyers, I just work for them. It's kind of true, but there will be a time where you need them, because they are going to be there to ensure things like that don't happen.
And this is where state legislation, Gavin Newsom can come in and stop those kind of things from occurring.
Well, that's because we shouldn't even be here having this conversation. So he needs to get in front of this and do it very, very, very, very quickly. So it is conversations like this, being on the ground with these people, having town halls, giving them information, so they don't make a mistake where they cave to these developers coming in really quickly. Listen, I'm going to tell you something.
These communities are really savvy. Now, you burnt their home to the ground. They are devastated, but they're thankful to be alive. They are critical thinkers. Sie haben Instinkte, sie operieren das. Ich sage dir eine Sache, die ich weiß, für absolut positiv sicher. Alles, was ich in 30 Jahren gelernt habe.
They use their power of observations. They have a very keen instinct intuition. They will start organizing and working with their neighbors. And I'm going to tell you, they already know what my mom taught me. And that's the power of stick-to-itiveness. They're in this for the long game. And I am... I wish more people could experience this with me in these communities.
It's a real phenomenon and they are popping up everywhere. Because here's the Wizard of Oz moment. They're figuring out there is no fucking wizard, man. And game on, I'm coming the gladiator. I'm coming in informed. I'm using and relying on intuition and instinct that everyone thinks is a bunch of bullshit and it is not.
Correct.
Ja, es ist. Und wir werden definitiv da sein, wo wir das Beste haben können, um diese Art von Informationen zu bieten. Und ja, es wird eine Gesetzgebung geben. Und Southern Cal Edison, wiederum, nach deinem Woosley-Feuer und deinem Thomas-Feuer und all diesem Scheiß, wirst du wahrscheinlich wie PG&E sein. Hör auf, das funktioniert nicht für euch. Ja.
Ja. Ja. And she kept pushing through that. And then I came out. And then we joined forces. And then we joined other mothers. Every single time I've been involved. It starts with a mom. Fuck with your kids. Fuck with their home. Those instincts kick in for them. They know it's real. It is real. It's speaking to you. But we're so busy doing other things, you won't stop to listen to it.
This is where I've learned my head, my heart, my gut. If it's not in alignment, something's off. But they will organize. They will fight. And it's worth it to them. It's a message that I heard from my father. It is your job to be a steward to the land, to the water, to the family, to your health. They know it. And they're popping up everywhere.
And when I get involved in these communities, I turn from that advocate, if you will, Zu ihrem größten Wettbewerber. Sie haben den Ball und du musst sie mitnehmen. Und dann kann ich in eine andere Gemeinschaft kommen und sie den gleichen Prozess sehen.
Es kann eine ganze Menge sein.
Well, so in like Altadena, when you have a utility that caused the fire.
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