Residents rally in support of bill that would close Aliso Canyon facility in 2027 – By Elizabeth Chou (Los Angeles Daily News) / March 30, 2022
SoCalGas representatives say they are taking part in an ongoing process to study the feasibility of the closure, and say they are looking into using hydrogen as a potential alternative energy source.
In 2018, Chatsworth resident Richard Mathews received a text from Gavin Newsom, a candidate for California governor at the time, seeking his support in the election.
The soon-to-be governor asked what mattered the most to Mathews, who sat on the executive board of the California Democratic Party at the time.
It had been more than two years since the gas blowout at Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility spewed massive amounts of methane and chemicals into nearby communities in the San Fernando Valley, including Mathews’ neighborhood.
The chemicals caused problems with his eyes and his allergies, and his mother, who was in her late 80s and now in her 90s, continues to suffer health-wise to this day, he said.
