Attachment 1Vivek Coreia
17274 Verdes Robles
Los Gatos Ca. 95030
Wed 4/12/17
RE: Winchester Appeal
Request for Appeal to the town council for all but not limted to the following reasons.
1. do not agree with the decision of the parks commission.
2. Not given enough time to make an educated Case to the commission before the
addressMeeting on April 3rd. I was notied of the agenda and notes on April 3rd @ 8 am with the
scheduled meeting of less than 10 hours later.
3. The Town Nor PG&E addressed any of my concerns or oer remedies in re: to
dealing with the loss of a natural sound and privacy wall for the property.
such a construction of a sound and privacy barrier considering that all the bedrooms
will be in direct view of oncoming trac from Winchester.
4. I belive the commission's nding were incorrect because there is a good chance that PG&E
May have Provided false information to the town of Los Gatos as it has to California regulators
And federal investigators in part to Hide their wrong doings and save money.
(http://www.latimes.com/business/la--pge-pipeline-explosion-20170123-story.html)
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/26/pge-gets-maximum-sentence-for-san-bruno-crimes/
5. PG&E has deliberately held back or lied to the neighbors of Vereds robles / buena vista and Winchester,
by reaching out to them and withholding information about the cutting down of all the trees,
Mentioning only that they would be trimming and pruning trees.
6. The town needs to carefully review everything that PG&E has presented because they are
Branded as a Convicted Felon and May have Misrepresented its reseasoning for cutting the trees
Perhaps the town should consider discussing the Absolute necessity
of the cutting down of the trees (in the name of safety) with PG&E’s Federally Court Appointed Monitor.
Prior to making a nal Descion on wether or not to continue the cutting down of the trees.
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PG&E was sentenced on Thursday for its crimes before and after a fatal explosion in Son Bruno, a punishm
that brands the utiLity as a convicted criminal and imposes the maximum penalty of a $.3 million fine.
By GEORGE AVALOS i gavalos cr bayareanewsgroup.com i Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: January 26 2017 at 11:20 am i UPDATED: January 27, 2017 at 7.10 am
SAN BRUNO — A federal judge Thursday sentenced PG&E for crimes linked to the
deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion, imposing the maximum fine of S3 million and
branding the utility as a convicted felon.
The sentencing for PG&E's conviction on six criminal charges closes a devastating
chapter in American corporate history, more than six years after a PG&E natural gas
pipeline ruptured and unleashed a fireball that killed eight and destroyed a quiet
residential neighborhood.
At a sentencing hearing in San Francisca, U.S. District Court Judge Tlielton
Henderson also ordered PG&E to submit to court -ordered supervision of its natural
gas operations. As a part of the sentence, the court has imposed upon PG&E a
monitor to ensure the company's future compliance with the rules and regulations
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Appointing a monitor for PG&E also appears to be a rebuke of the state Public
Utilities Commission, a powerful regulatory agency whose duties include oversight
of PG&E and other big California utilities.
"The monitor is the most significant part of this, because the monitor is crucial as
we move forward to guarantee that PG&E puts the public's safety first, which they
have been unwilling to do," said state Sen. Jerry Hill, a Democrat whose San Mateo
County district includes San Bruno. "We have been paying the PUC to do this
monitoring, but it is clear that the PUC is really incapable of the oversight necessary
to guarantee that utilities operate safely in California."
Federal investigators have harshly criticized the PUC for nurturing a cozy
relationship with PG&E that led to lax supervision of the utility.
"The goal of the monitor will be to help ensure that the utility takes reasonable and
appropriate steps to maintain the safety of the gas transmission pipeline system,
performs appropriate integrity management assessments on its gas transmission
pipelines, and maintains an effective ethics and compliance program and safety -
related incentive program," PG&E stated in a filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
In addition to the $3 million fine and independent monitor, Henderson ordered
PG&E to serve five years of probation — the maximum amount of time legally
authorized.
San Francisco -based PG&E also must run a three-month advertising campaign on
television at a maximum cost of $3 million. That cost is in addition to PG&E's $3
million fine imposed by the judge. The court ordered that the TV ads publicize
PG&E's convictions, what punishment the company received and the steps being
taken to prevent a repeat of the types of crimes PG&E committed.
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PG&E also was ordered to perform 10,000
hours of community service, including
2,000 hours to be performed by executives,
such as "high-level personnel," the court decided.
Henderson ordered that, as much as possible, the community service should be
performed in San Bruno.
The court also ordered, as requested by the federal prosecutors, that PG&E be
prohibited from passing along to PG&E ratepayers, "in any form," any of the fine;
any costs of performing the probation, including the community service; the
expenditures related to the court -appointed monitor; and costs of the advertising
campaign.
Last August, a federal jury in the case convicted PG&E on five charges of
violating federal pipeline safety regulations and one charge of obstructing an official
National Transportation Safety Board probe into the blast.
The NTSB eventually determined the disaster had resulted from a lethal combination
of PG&E's shoddy maintenance and flawed record keeping, along with lax
oversight by the PUC.
In April 2015, the PUC imposed a $1.6 billion penalty on PG&E for causing the
explosion, the largest such punishment ever levied on an American public utility.
"We want San Bruno and all of the communities we serve to know that we at PG&E
have committed ourselves to a goal of transforming this company into the safest and
most reliable energy provider in America and to re -earning their trust through our
actions," PG&E said in a prepared statement. "Of course, wards are not enough, and
we expect to be judged by our actions?
Ultimately, however, the court process, while ending with PG&E's conviction as a
criminal, didn't hold accountable any executives such as the leaders of the PG&E
holding company and its utility operations in the years before and after the
explosion, Hill noted.
"What we saw was the end of a very personal tragedy," Hill said. "When you look at
the homes destroyed, the memories destroyed, the future memories that were
eviscerated, when you look at that personal loss, this punishment was very
impersonal. No one who was running PG&E will pay a price."
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Mike Smith 3 months ago
Just a cost of doing business. Nothing to see here... move along.
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CliffClaven 3 months ago
would almost bet money that those community service hours will be used by upper executives to punish
underlings.
Also, it's appalling that we've heard nothing of individuals who actually made the decisions. It's a
reasonable guess that many of them have quietly resigned or retired with spotless records.
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J. Coley 3 months ago
will now boycott PG&E and never buy any of its products ever again!
Everyone join me!
Instead, you should buy your power and: gas from...um.
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411 cmg.4 J. Coley 3 months ago
din& Exactly. They have a nice liitle monopoly going on. We should do what Marine did and take care of
our energy
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Heywood Floyd 3 months ago
As for Exec's community service may I suggest they clean the feces out of the MUNi Station escalators in
San Francisco as appropriate community service? All of this is merely a slap on the wrist of this monster. A
lot of these cads got millions in golden parachutes and got away with the negligent murder of innocent
folks.
PG&E should have to wear one of those ankle tracking devices - personally I"d have given them the electric
chair...
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Glenn Rene 3 months ago
Congratulations to Judge Henderson for maximum sentencing, and especially for requiring PG&E executives
to do community service. The monitor will have his/her hands full battling the recalcitrant and self-serving
PG&E management.
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Walking Fool 3 months ago
$3M is chump change. Besides, they'll just bill us for it anyway.
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■Mike Smith.^ walking Fool 3 months ago
Exactly. Just a cost of doing business.
Now, if we threw the CEO in the slammer... that might result in his replacement making some serious
changes.
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cosmicunity 3 months ago
Oh my..what a terrible hand slap. You know the hierarchy is chuckling under their breath..and planning other
ways to screw their customers.
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Fantasy Maker 3 months ago
S3 million bucks is chump change. They will just ratchet up the cost of electricity to pay for this judgment.
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Reed More 3 alemths ago
As a convicted felon, they shouldn't be able to provide goods and services to state and local governments.
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env 3 months ago
That is a drop in the bucket for this company. They got away cheep for lives Iost and property damage.
What a joke that fine is. They are so profit hungry they don't even replace rotting pipes. They get whatever
they want from the RUC.
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LpsforDays e mg 3 months ago
dMik, agreed. Like any other scum, they won't care or learn unless there are REAL consequences.
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30 year vet-S.IPD 3 months ago
Judge, why not have the Federal Monitor insure that PG&E can't pass along rate hikes to make the public
pay for their crimes and fines Let their shareholders burden the costs for the next 5 years or so. Also make
sure that PG&E actually upgrades their equipment and safety inspections. The PUC should not even be
involved with dealing with PG&E, and an independent panel should be convened that is not influenced or
chosen by the Governor or the Politicians.
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cmg .4 30 year vet-SJPD 3 months ago
U got that right but they won't
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NIDESHAWNisGREAT, 4 cmg 3 months ago
They just write it off on there taxes
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Judge leans toward maximum sentence for
PG&E's pipeline blast
Al natural gas explas,an r : an Bruno, Calif., in 2010 killed eight people and destroyed 36 homes. (Paul Sakuma f
Associated Press)
By Associated Press
JANUARY 23. 2017, 7:05 PM
Afederal judge says he is inclined to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co, the
maximum $3 million as well as require the utility to mention its
criminal convictions in ads and conduct community service as part of
its sentence in a criminal case stemming from a deadly natural gas explosion in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson was scheduled to issue his
sentence Monday, but pushed the decision back to consider comments by
attorneys for the government and PG&E.
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U.S. District Court Judge Melton I Ienderson wax scheduled to issue his
sentence Monday, but pushed the decision back to consider comments by
attprntsytc fur the government and PG&E.
The 2010 blast of a PG&E natural gas pipeline sent a giant plume of fire into the
air, killing eight people and destroying 38 homes in the city of San Bruno.
A jury convicted the company in August arrive r ooms of pipeline Safety
violations, including failing to gather information to evaluate potential gas -line
threats and deliberately not classifying a gas line as high risk. Prosecutors said
the cnrnpany deliberately rninclaxxified pipelines so it wouldn't have to subject
them to appropriate testing, choosing a cheaper method to save money.
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Jurors also convicted the utility of misleading investigators after the blast.
PG&E attorney Steve Hauer says the company is prepared to pay the S3 million
fine and has agreed to a monitor to oversee its operations as part of any
sentence. But he ai 1 od Henderson to set a time limit on this ado and link them to
efforts to improve safety.
Prosecutors have pushed for the advertising requirements, saying that a
S3-million fine alone would be a'Fdrop in the bucker for PG&E.
Victims of the explosion say they remain traumatized and want Henderson to
issue a sentence that change the company. Three blast victims spoke Monday
during the sentencing hearing in San Francisco.
Sue Bunts said she lost her husband, son and mother-in-law in the blast and still
suffers from anxiety and depression. She called on the judge le impose an
independent monitor to oversee the utility.
"This was clove to the negligence of a greedy company that put profits ahead of
safety,' BuJ1is said. 'It is my hope that with the proper checks and balances for
PG&E, this kind of tragedy will never happen again "
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Julie Kane, PG&E chief ethics and compliance officer, told the court: "Our
commitment to safety will never stop. We are profoundly sorry."
The California Public Utilities Commission previously fined PG&E $1.6 billion
and directed that shareholders rather than customers pay the record penalty.
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