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The California legislature is set to vote on a bill to aid wildfire victims, following a partial veto of Newsom's proposal.

The California legislature is set to vote on a bill to aid wildfire victims, following a partial veto of Newsom's proposal.

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September 1st, 2026

The California legislature is set to vote on a bill to aid wildfire victims, following a partial veto of Newsom's proposal.

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The California legislature is anticipated to vote on Tuesday on a bill designed to assist wildfire victims, following their rejection of an ambitious proposal put forth by Governor Gavin Newsom that would have curtailed the financial liability of utility companies for fires ignited by their equipment.

加州立法机构预计将于周二就一项旨在援助山火受害者的法案进行表决此前他们否决了州长加文·纽森所提出的一项雄心勃勃的提案该提案本将限制电力公司对其设备所引发火灾承担的财务责任

The Democratic governor stated that the eleventh-hour compromise he reached with lawmakers, while affording wildfire victims some modicum of reliefsuch as expediting the compensation processnonetheless fell short of instituting the comprehensive reforms requisite to resolving the fundamental question of cost allocation when utility equipment ignites a conflagration.

这位民主党籍州长表示,他与立法者达成的最后关头妥协虽能为山火受害者带来些许裨益例如加速赔偿进程却未能推行必要的全面性改革以厘清公用事业设备引发火灾时费用归属的根本问题

His proposal, which would have diminished the sums that utility companies are obliged to disburse to certain victims and prohibited insurers from initiating litigation against power providers to reclaim compensation already paid to homeowners, failed to garner sufficient backing during the legislature's final days.

His proposal, which would have diminished the sums that utility companies are obliged to disburse to certain victims and prohibited insurers from initiating litigation against power providers to reclaim compensation already paid to homeowners, failed to garner sufficient backing during the legislature's final days.

Newsom conceded that, while the legislation had made some headway in addressing this thorny and high-stakes issue, it remained woefully inadequate.

纽森坦承该法案在处理这一棘手风险极高议题上,虽已取得一定进展却仍显捉襟见肘

"I could have easily abandoned this matter," he candidly acknowledged to reporters at the Capitol on Monday.

本可轻而易举地放弃此事,”周一在国会大厦向记者坦言

"However, doing so would constitute a grave dereliction of duty toward you and the people of this state, tantamount to betraying every obligation and trust."

然而对诸位本州人民严重失职无异于背叛任何责任信任。”

Newsom's failure to secure passage of his comprehensive agenda constitutes a singularly rare setback for the governor, who has customarily commanded broad support for his policy vision within the Democrat-dominated legislature.

纽森未能使其全面议程获得通过,这对这位州长而言堪称罕见的挫败——素来在民主党主导的立法机构中为其政策愿景赢得广泛支持

This reversal comes at the twilight of the final legislative session preceding the expiration of his term in January.

此番受挫恰逢其任期于一月届满前最后一个会期的尾声

Fire victims vehemently condemned his proposal, going so far as to stage protest demonstrations outside the governor's mansion in Sacramento last week.

火灾受害者对其提案予以强烈谴责甚至上周在萨克拉门托州长官邸外举行了抗议示威

They contend that Newsom's plan prioritizes the demands of utility corporations over the rights of victims, whereas insurers assert that should additional loss costs be shifted onto them, they would be compelled to raise premiums for policyholders.

他们认为纽森的计划公用事业企业的诉求凌驾于受害者权益之上,保险公司则声称将更多损失成本转嫁于己势必迫使其上调投保人的保险费率

Joy Chen, serving as the executive director of the fire victims' organization 'Every Fire Survivor Network' for the 2025 Los Angeles area conflagrations, asserts that this agreement constitutes, for them, a victory of epochal proportions.

乔伊·陈作为2025年洛杉矶地区火灾受害者组织每个火灾幸存者网络的执行董事断言此项协议于他们而言堪称一场具有划时代意义的胜利

Survivors from across California converged upon Sacramento, urging our elected representatives to stand resolutely alongside those whose homes have been reduced to ashes, whose communities lie in tatters, and whose lives have been utterly upended,” she remarked in her statement.

来自加州各地的幸存者齐聚萨克拉门托敦促我们所选出的代表们坚定地站在那些家园尽毁社区支离破碎生活荡然无存的人们一方,”她在声明中如是说

They lent an attentive ear and took it to heart.

他们侧耳倾听铭记于心

Newsom aspires for his proposal to stabilise the state's notoriously exorbitant electricity tariffs by shielding utility companies from the full financial brunt of wildfires.

纽森冀望其方案能通过使公用事业免于承受山火之全部财务冲击从而助力稳定该州声名狼藉的高昂电价

Utility corporations have escalated their rates to amass funds for wildfire prevention and restoration, as climate change renders conflagrations increasingly severe and recurrent.

公用事业企业已上调费率以筹措山火预防恢复之资,盖因气候变化致使火灾愈演愈烈愈发频仍

Under Californian jurisprudence, utility enterprises bear liability for conflagrations ignited by their apparatus, even should a magistrate adjudge them devoid of negligence.

依据加州法律公用事业企业为其设备所引发之火灾承担赔偿责任纵使法官认定其并无过失亦然。

The question of who bears the costs of utility-caused wildfires has remained unresolved throughout Newsom's tenure, which commenced in the wake of the most devastating conflagrations in the state's history.

关于公用事业所引发火灾之费用归属问题在纽森执政期间始终悬而未决而其任期肇始于该州历史上最具毁灭性的山火肆虐之后

In 2019, his inaugural year in office, he signed legislation establishing a dedicated fund of up to $21 billion, financed by utility shareholders and ratepayers, which would assume liability for wildfire damages provided that utility companies duly implemented specified safety measures.

2019年即其就任首年他签署立法设立了一项高达210亿美元的专项基金资金源自公用事业股东费率缴纳者若公用事业公司切实履行特定安全防护措施该基金将为其承担山火赔偿之责

Last year, he reached a consensus with the legislature to inject an additional $18 billion into the fund, thereby augmenting its reserves.

去年,他与立法机构达成共识再度增资180亿美元以充实该基金

As Newsom unveiled his latest proposal, Southern California Edison found itself confronting claims arising from the state's second-deadliest conflagrationa 2025 blaze that claimed nineteen lives on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

纽森公布其最新提案之际南加州爱迪生公司正面临该州第二大致命火灾的索赔——那是一场2025年的火灾在洛杉矶郊外夺走19条人命

The legislation poised for a vote before lawmakers is designed to institute a mechanism ensuring that fire victims receive compensation with greater alacrity, while simultaneously proscribing hedge funds from capitalizing on wildfire claims for exorbitant profit, and categorically forbidding utility executives from accepting any form of bonus in the event that their company's equipment ignites a conflagration resulting in damage or destruction to over five hundred structures.

立法者即将付诸表决的法案旨在构建一项机制以确保火灾受害者能够更为迅捷地获得赔偿同时明令禁止对冲基金借山火索赔之机牟取暴利严禁公用事业高管在其公司设备引发火灾致使逾五百栋建筑受损或焚毁之际领取任何形式的奖金

The California Disaster Response Committee, tasked with overseeing the wildfire fund, will appoint a commissioner with the aim of establishing a more expeditious and efficacious mechanism to expedite the processing of survivors' claims.

负责监管山火基金加州灾难应对委员会将任命一名专员旨在构建一套更为迅捷且高效的机制以加速处理幸存者的索赔事宜

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association solemnly declared that this agreement "both substantively safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of Californians and effectively sustains the affordability and accessibility of insurance products."

美国财产意外保险协会郑重宣告此项协议既切实保障了加州民众的合法权益又有效维系了保险产品的价格合理性与可及性。”

This outcome shifts the fiscal burden onto those accountable for wildfire response, while simultaneously helping to sustain the progress California has made in stabilizing its insurance market, the industry association wrote.

该结果财政负担转嫁于应对山火负有责任之各方同时有助于维系加州在稳固保险市场方面所取得的进展,该行业协会如是写道

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), confronted in 2019 with colossal claims arising from the catastrophic Northern California wildfires ignited by its utility equipment, was ultimately compelled to seek bankruptcy protection; Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, likewise expressed profound disillusionment with the accord.

太平洋燃气与电力公司(PG&E)于2019年因公用事业设备所引发的北加州毁灭性山火而面临巨额索赔,最终不得不申请破产保护爱迪生国际南加州爱迪生之母公司对此项协议亦深感失望

In their correspondence to legislators, they unequivocally asserted that the legislation neither secures rate stability for Californians nor furnishes a "durable and far-reaching solution" to victim compensation, the preservation of the state's wildfire fund, or the mitigation of the financial perils confronting utility companies.

在致立法者的函件中他们明确指出该法案既无法为加州民众的费率带来稳定亦无法为受害者赔偿维持该州的山火基金或管控公用事业所面临的财务风险提供一项持久且长远的解决方案”。

Democratic Congressman Rick Zbur asserted that lawmakers' failure to reach a consensus on more comprehensive reforms constitutes nothing short of a "catastrophe."

民主党众议员里克·兹布尔断言立法者未能就更为全面的改革达成共识堪称一场灾难”。

"We are merely tinkering at the margins, applying piecemeal patches to peripheral issues, while consistently failing to address the structural malaise at the core," he declared during the hearings on the bill.

我们不过是在边缘问题上进行零敲碎打的修补始终未能触及结构性的痼疾,”他在该法案的听证会上如是陈词

Caitlin Rodner Sutter of the Environmental Defense Fund, equally disheartened by the proposal, contends that its impact on mitigating wildfire risks and stabilizing electricity prices and insurance premiums has been negligible, falling far short of the requisite rigor.

环境防御基金凯特琳·罗德纳·萨特同样对该提案深感失望认为在降低火灾风险稳定电价保险费率方面所取得的成效微乎其微远未达到应有的力度

The highest praise she could muster for the bill was, at best, 'barely satisfactory,' she conceded after the hearing concluded.

对这项法案所能给予的最高评价充其量不过是'差强人意'罢了,她在听证会结束后如此坦言

The legislature customarily concludes its deliberation on bills by the end of its two-year session, namely before August 31st, yet lawmakers and Newsom failed to reach a consensus prior to Monday's vote.

立法机构惯常于两年会期终结之际即8月31日之前完成法案审议立法者纽森未能在周一投票前达成共识。

To circumvent the session's impending deadline, they appended a so-called urgency clause to the bill, a maneuver that necessitates a two-thirds majority endorsement from the legislature and renders the measure effective immediately upon its signing.

为规避会期截止之限,他们在法案中增设了所谓的紧急条款此举意味着该法案须获得立法机构三分之二多数的支持一经签署即刻生效

On Monday, legislators additionally passed a bill aimed at establishing the nation's first set of standards for the detection and removal of lead, asbestos, and other toxic contaminants within residences following wildfires.

立法者于周一另行通过了一项法案旨在确立全国首套针对山火后住宅内部石棉及其他有毒污染物之检测清除标准

The bill's architect, Democratic Congressman John Harabedian, noted that it originated from the devastating Eaton Fire that ravaged his district of Altadena in 2025.

该法案的起草者民主党籍众议员约翰·哈拉贝迪安指出,此案源于2025年席卷其选区阿尔塔迪纳那场毁灭性伊顿山火

He underscored that lawmakers urgently need to "swiftly ascertain how to shelter wildfire survivors and rebuild communities," and that this legislation represents one avenue toward achieving that objective.

着重强调立法者亟需迅速厘清如何庇护山火幸存者重建社区”,而该法案正是实现这一目标的途径之一

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