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By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/former-la-chief-deputy-attorney-directed-fraudulent-dwp-lawsuit-judge-rules A former high-ranking Los Angeles city attorney authorized a class-action lawsuit against the city in…
Feb 20, 2026
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-19/state-bill-would-mandate-insurance-for-homeowners-who-reduce-wildfire-risks SB 1076, by state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Alhambra), would require insurers to offer and…
Feb 19, 2026If enacted, noncompliant insurers would be removed from the state’s home and auto insurance markets for five years. By Pat Maio, LOS…
Feb 19, 2026Pasadena senator’s legislation models a new coverage guarantee on California’s existing good-driver insurance requirement By Staff Writers, PASADENA NOW State Sen. Sasha…
Feb 19, 2026By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/02/17/california-sees-a-glimmer-in-trumps-climate-assault-00785391?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014c-2419-d9dd-a5ec-34bdbd970004 TRYING AGAIN: State lawmakers are reviving a legislative proposal to bar property insurers from denying coverage for…
Feb 18, 2026By THE OFFICE OF SENATOR SASHA PEREZ https://sd25.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-perez-introduces-bill-requiring-insurance-companies-write-and-renew-policies-fire-safe The following information was released by California State Senator Sasha Rene Prez: Senator Sasha…
Feb 18, 2026Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-14/who-pays-for-newsoms-travel Gov. Gavin Newsom sat onstage at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday and described…
Feb 14, 2026By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO With help from Noah Baustin and Alex Nieves https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/02/12/the-insurance-race-is-on-fire-00779666?template_id=OT5J0E7B7DD7&is_login_link=true FIRE SALE: The race for California insurance commissioner…
Feb 13, 2026By Ivan Penn and Rebecca F. Elliott, NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/business/energy-environment/energy-bills-costs-states-trump-power-plants.html Energy experts said governors and legislatures had tools to keep electricity…
Feb 11, 2026By Noah Baustin, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/02/04/kern-county-knows-the-drill-00766419?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000%3Fexperience_id%3DEXYF89KVT5UQ&template_id=OT5J0E7B7DD7&is_login_link=true YOU GET A PERMIT: If you sign it, they will drill. So seems to be the truism of SB…
Feb 4, 2026By Kerry Klein, KVPR https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2026-01-29/bakersfield-obstetrician-barred-from-practicing-medicine-until-he-passes-competency-exam BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A Kern County obstetrician has been ordered to temporarily stop practicing medicine for not upholding…
Jan 29, 2026
By Anissa Rivera, PASADENA STAR NEWS Eaton fire survivors can delve into two new bills with state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez designed…
Jan 21, 2026
From the ballot box in California to the halls of Congress and Wall Street, several new initiatives would require more oversight of…
Jan 21, 2026By Rebecca Ellis, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-17/uber-personal-injury-lawsuits-california-law The long-simmering fight between some of L.A.’s best-known billboard attorneys and Uber, one of their…
Jan 19, 2026By Jon Cox, BAKERSFIELD.COM https://www.bakersfield.com/news/state-medical-board-tells-bakersfield-ob-gyn-to-stop-practicing-medicine/article_2a71b96d-937a-4b54-8900-f76524206ff8.html A Bakersfield obstetrician-gynecologist has been ordered to stop practicing medicine, at least temporarily, after he failed a…
Jan 16, 2026Instead of heeding calls to resign, Ricardo Lara is working on FAIR Plan reform and holding insurers accountable in fire-prone zones. By PAT…
Jan 16, 2026By Melody Petersen, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-01-16/wildfire-victims-decry-state-law-protecting-utilities-from-cost-of-disasters-they-cause A year after the Eaton fire, survivors and the state’s electric utilities are clashing over whether…
Jan 16, 2026