A group representing thousands of Eaton fire victims is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to block state approval needed for Southern California Edison to collect higher profits until the utility agrees to immediately pay $200,000 to each household displaced by the monstrous blaze.

The 8,500-member Eaton Fire Survivors Network said victims are teetering on homelessness and that SCE could recoup the money from a $21 billion state fund for three privately owned utilities that ignite wildfires.

In a Nov. 12 letter, Joy Chen, executive director of the survivors network, asked the governor to urge the state Public Utilities Commission to delay raising SCE’s guaranteed profit margin from 10.33% to 11.75% until the utility takes care of displaced fire victims.

Chen added that the housing relief shoul

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