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    Calif. Gov. Newsom is tested early by crises

    by Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times Jan 28, 2019 6 minutes

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Just hours after the warring parties in the Los Angeles teachers' strike hailed Gov. Gavin Newsom for helping end the weeklong labor impasse, activist Erin Brockovich stood on the south steps of the state Capitol and demanded that the governor and state lawmakers hold Pacific Gas & Electric Co. accountable for sparking deadly wildfires.

    "I think he has an opportunity here to step up and, honestly, be the right leader when it comes to Pacific Gas & Electric. They've gotten too many passes in the past," said Brockovich, made famous by the movie about her legal battle with PG&E over cancer-causing pollution in the small farming town of Hinkley.

    Her challenge offered a glimpse of the unrelenting pressure the Democratic governor faces as he settles in to lead a state that overflows with natural disasters and man-made emergencies.

    In just two weeks in office, Newsom displayed his political savvy

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