Los Angeles Suburb Still Suffering From Gas Leak

2:25pm January 20, 2016

SoCal Gas spokesman MikeMizrahi meets with journalists outside the SoCal Gas Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch, California on January 8, 2016, where residents have been lodging complaints and seeking an alternative housing situation from their

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More than three months have gone by and natural gas is still leaking at Aliso Canyon, affecting the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.

California Governor Jerry Brown has issued a state of emergency and is calling for emergency rules, infrared cameras for inspection and emergency shut-off valves.

California State Senator Fran Pavley, who represents Porter Ranch community, joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss the new legislation she has introduced, which calls for no more injections of natural gas into the storage facilities.

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Fran Pavley, California state senator. She tweets @SenatorPavley.

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