Newsom asks PG&E bankruptcy judge to include customers, employees - SFChronicle.com

Newsom asks PG&E bankruptcy judge to include customers, employees - SFChronicle.com: SACRAMENTO — Seeking to recast the priorities of PG&E’s bankruptcy case, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday requested representation for wildfire victims, utility employees and customers in the proceedings. In a letter to the federal trustee overseeing the bankruptcy, an attorney for the Newsom administration urged that “these constituencies have a strong voice from the very outset” through the creation of one or more committees for unsecured creditors. “These individual victims should not be left to fend for themselves in a creditor class outnumbered by sophisticated and deep-pocketed financial institutions and insurance companies,” wrote Nancy A. Mitchell, a New York partner with the O’Melveny law firm.