Posts Tagged: 30 years

PG&E bankruptcy will test California’s climate goals

A view of Los Angeles and its smog. (Photo: IM_Photo, via Shutterstock)

by MATT CATE and SUSIE WONG posted 02.18.2020

OPINION: It is important that state leaders stay firm on their resolve that PG&E is restructured in a way that both hardens our electrical grid and keeps our commitments to California’s climate and clean energy goals. Right now is no time to walk back on our climate change commitments.

Where Are They Now? Assemblyman Willard Huyck

Willard Huyck, right, and Assemblyman Matthew Harper. (Office of Matthew Harper)

by ALEX VASSAR posted 09.06.2017

Former Assemblyman Willard Huyck is probably one of the more notable state legislators that you’ve never heard of. He was elected to the State Assembly at age 29 and served two terms before leaving to run a medical supply company. Now, more than 70 years after first arriving at the Capitol, Huyck is California’s oldest former legislator ever.