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By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES Victims of the January wildfires in Los Angeles County urged Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday to…
Nov 7, 2025
By Jo BeckerJeremy Singer-VineKatie Benner and Laurel Rosenhall Graphics by Mira Rojanasakul November 1, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/us/los-angeles-california-fire-insurance-regulations.html?smid=em-share Even before the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles this…
Nov 1, 2025
By Dustin Gardiner (opens in new tab) and Blake Jones (opens in new tab), POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2025/10/23/federal-agents-assemble-across-the-bay-00619516?nname=california-playbook&nid=00000150-384f-da43-aff2-bf7fd35a0000&nrid=7c1e98f8-1e02-4590-8f98-9bfefd9130cd Consumer Watchdog produced a podcast featuring accounts of people…
Oct 23, 2025
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-22/california-insurers-given-ok-to-charge-homeowners-statewide-for-l-a-county-fire-costs Residential policyholders across California could be paying several hundred million dollars to help cover the…
Oct 22, 2025
By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS As catastrophic wildfires spur insurance companies to raise homeowner premiums and drop thousands of policyholders across California,…
Oct 19, 2025
By Curt Barry, INSIDE EPA https://insideepa.com/daily-news/newsom-signs-ej-opposed-bill-develop-co2-pipeline-regulations#:~:text=Gavin%20Newsom%20(D)%20has%20signed,Materials%20Safety%20Administration%20(PHMSA). California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed into law a bill requiring the State Fire Marshall…
Oct 17, 2025
By Alex Brown, STATELINE https://stateline.org/2025/10/13/the-wests-power-grid-could-be-stitched-together-if-red-and-blue-states-buy-in For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market: a coordinated grid to…
Oct 13, 2025
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES One hallmark of the 1988 ballot measure that governs California’s auto and home insurance code allows the…
Oct 13, 2025
By Mark Anderson, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS JOURNAL https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2025/10/11/fair-insurance-plan-seeks-rate-increase.html The California FAIR Plan, the homeowners insurance of last resort, is seeking an average 35.8%…
Oct 11, 2025
The billionaire megadonor’s ad buy has fueled a fresh round of speculation about his political prospects. By Jeremy White, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/10/tom-steyer-ad-buy-katie-porter-stumble-stir-comeback-talk-pro-00601059 Tom…
Oct 10, 2025
By Dylan Moroses, LAW360 https://www.law360.com/articles/2397413?ta_id=1324219&utm_source=targeted-alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=case-article-alert# Law360 (October 8, 2025, 11:47 PM EDT) — Either President Donald Trump doesn’t have authority to impose…
Oct 9, 2025
By Alejandro Lazo, CALMATTERS An explosion rattled windows across nearby neighborhoods. Orange columns of flame shot like blowtorches out of stacks and…
Oct 9, 2025
By Doug Bailey, INSURANCE NEWS NET As wildfires continue to drive up homeowners’ insurance premiums and prompt policy cancellations in California, a new…
Oct 6, 2025
By Ethan Varian, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The FAIR Plan, California’s last-resort insurance program for homeowners needing fire coverage, is seeking approval for…
Oct 6, 2025
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES The California FAIR Plan, the state’s home insurer of last resort, is seeking an average 35.8%…
Oct 4, 2025
By Noah Austin, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/10/refinery-fire-puts-pressure-on-california-gas-prices-oil-politics-00593806?site=pro&prod=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=headline&source=email SACRAMENTO, California — The fire Thursday night at California’s second-largest oil refinery spiked wholesale fuel prices and…
Oct 3, 2025