California Governor Declares Emergency for Sempra Gas Leak
- Brown says state agency will ensure utility covers costs
- More than 2,000 families have been temporarily relocated
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California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency to protect residents from natural gas that has been leaking from Sempra Energy’s underground storage site near Los Angeles for more than two months.
Brown said he was directing state agencies to take additional measures to protect public health and safety, make sure Sempra is held financially accountable for the incident and strengthen the regulatory oversight of gas storage sites, according to a statement Wednesday.