In a typical election year, the interest in the down-ballot race for California insurance commissioner musters modest interest at best. That all changed on Jan. 7, 2025, when wildfires swept through L.A. County, damaging or destroying more than 18,000 homes and killing...
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Earth’s climate system has suddenly shifted to a new phase of global warming acceleration that few saw coming. This ups the ante for risks of severe climate-related disaster scenarios following a record-shattering year in 2025. This directly impacts American homeownership,...
When evaluating the performance of their elected officials, many voters look up their positions on the issues Floridians care about most, and track politicians’ votes. There are other measures, however, that aren’t as easy to track but at least as important: Are leaders...
A new state Senate bill aims to guarantee homeowners insurance protections for their wildfire-hardened homes.
State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Pasadena, who has worked to bring more transparency to the insurance claims process for survivors of last year’s wildfires, has proposed Senate Bill 1076....