Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich demanding an immediate overhaul of the way utilities are regulated, and calling on Sacramento to adopt speedy reforms to prevent another Porter Ranch-style gas leak.
At today’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting, Angelo Bellomo and Dr. Cyrus Rangan from the Department of Public Health indicated that while contaminants are currently at very low levels, continued daily monitoring is required due to the anticipated long timeline to fix the leak.
Antonovich recalled meeting a former resident of Chernobyl, site of the worst-ever nuclear disaster, who said residents were constantly being told by officials that everything was okay. “Clearly, everything was not okay,” said Antonovich. “How good is the protocol now in place by Southern California Gas Company officials? “Not adequate,” said Bellomo. “The current situation is not adequate.”
Antonovich criticized past and current utility and state government officials, noting the Gas Company was ordered to install a safety valve in the troubled well in 1979, but never did.
“They knew about it and they looked the other way,” he said. “This continues to build, not just in the Porter Ranch area, but the entire San Fernando Valley. It isn’t getting better, it’s getting worse. Pipes are over 60 years old. They’ve gotten the dollars for infrastructure. Where has that money gone?”
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