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Taves: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is paving California’s road to hell
A new state insurance regulation, expanding homeowners’ coverage in the most flammable areas, greases the wheels of ...
CA Insurance Commissioner travels world as state burns — Official on hot seat as insurance options dwindle
Media investigations reveal that Ricardo Lara used $30,000 in campaign funds to pay for fancy meals and taxpayers foot the ...
CA Insurance Commissioner travels world while state burns — on hot seat for lavish lifestyle as insurance options dwindle
Media investigations reveal that Ricardo Lara used $30,000 in campaign funds to pay for fancy meals and taxpayers foot the ...
California’s Home Insurance ‘Titanic’
A new study shows how the state underpriced its disaster risk.
CEQA has a history of derailing California’s high-speed rail
CEQA challenges have come from all over — including farmers concerned the train would bisect their land and wealthy residents ...
Insurer of last resort kept growing. Then L.A. fire victims paid the price
As insurers withdrew from the L.A. market, more homeowners joined the FAIR Plan. Now Jan. 7 fire victims are battling with ...
Pacific Palisades Mansion Unscathed by Wildfires Finds a Buyer for $12.9 Million—Across the Street From Near-Total Devastation
The Pacific Palisades hacienda sitting on 0.29 acres first hit the market in October 2024, with an asking price of $15.25 ...
Opening the black box of wildfire risk
As in most things property insurance, California is chasing its political foil on the East Coast, Florida, which has had a public, university-developed hurricane catastrophe model for nearly two ...
Cal Fire adds huge new firefighting plane as summer fire season approaches
Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...
A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?
The law is a favorite tool among the trade unions, which threaten developers with it to extract concessions. Any CEQA reform ...
California lawsuit accuses insurance companies of ‘illegal scheme’ to drop homeowners
The lawsuit claims insurers conspired to force homeowners onto the FAIR Plan, a last-resort insurance program.
The CEQA graveyard: Projects delayed by California’s powerful environmental law
CEQA challenges have paralyzed major housing and infrastructure projects around the Bay Area — including apartments located ...