It's interesting to look at those vast tracts of land on Google Earth. Oil/gas pumping operations, along with geothermal pumping ops. They're right up to people  7ff9  s' backyards, rich or poor, and they go right down to the ocean, as in Malibu, CA. Yet another reason to grab land. There are no doubt nefarious reasons (boondoggle high-speed rail, water stealing, mining for who tf knows what), and PG&E's current 'troubles' were likely precipitated by POTUS's visit to Paradise. California has been squeezed in the coils of this anaconda since colonization started...will be so pleased to see it liberated!