Utility sues Santa Barbara County for last year's deadly mudslides
by Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times
Jan 19, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES_Southern California Edison - fighting dozens of legal claims related to the Montecito mudslides that followed the Thomas fire - is pointing the blame on Santa Barbara County and Caltrans for failing to prepare for deadly debris flows they knew were inevitable.
More than 75 lawsuits have been filed against Edison for allegedly igniting the fire, which denuded the slopes above Montecito, making them vulnerable to catastrophic erosion during a heavy storm. On Jan 8. 2018, as downpours soaked the mountainsides, boulder-filled debris tore through the
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