His wife, a local university president, has announced their separation
Patrick McCallum, a lobbyist hired to secure a state loan to help victims of California wildfires, has left his position amid a sexual harassment scandal.
McCallum and the PG&E Fire Victim Trust “have agreed to part ways, effective immediately, in light of certain recent publicly disclosed developments,” a trust statement said on Wednesday.
“Providing economic benefits as quickly as possible to the Trust’s 70,000 wildfire victims has been our highest priority,” said Justice John K. Trotter, trustee of the PG&E Fire Victim Trust. “We want our entire focus to be on what we’re doing to help fire victims rebuild their lives, not on unrelated issues that have become a distraction in recent days.”
McCallum, a veteran lobbyist who lost his home in a 2017 Santa Rosa wildfire, was hired in March to explore possible means to benefit the Trust’s wildfire victims with assistance from California. “The wildfire victims remain our top priority,” Trotter added, “and in this regard we had hoped that Patrick would be able to guide us through the State of California administration, given his extensive lobbying experience. Unfortunately, we were unaware of the regrettable circumstances that have come to light in recent days, which have necessitated our actions today.”
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