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At a press conference the day after SoCalGas announced it had reached an agreement to end litigation related to the Aliso Canyon gas blowout, plaintiffs in the suit and community members impacted by the blowout made it clear that Governor Newsom must shut down the facility immediately. Governor Newsom directed the California Public Utilities Commission to expedite the closure of Aliso Canyon in November 2019.
' 97 percent of the plaintiffs must agree with the payout SoCalGas is proposing for the settlement to become final. SoCalGas has yet to reveal any details on how the $1.8 billion would be distributed among the 36,000 plaintiffs. 'It's actually an insulting number,' said Matt Packuko, co-founder of Save Porter Ranch and 14-year resident of Porter Ranch. 'The most important issue is not the one that's in the headlines. It's shutting down Aliso Canyon.
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