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KTVU-SF (FOX) – San Francisco, CA: Using Models To Predict Insurance Rate Hikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAY6xfdKTA
Harvey Rosenfield of Consumer Watchdog says this new plan would allow the insurance companies to propose these models without public scrutiny, and there's this...
The Los Angeles Times – Editorial: What’s behind California’s high gas prices? Don’t trust the oil industry for answers
By The Times Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-18/editorial-whats-behind-californias-high-gas-prices-dont-trust-the-oil-industry-for-answers
If you live in California you’ve probably run across ads blaming high gasoline prices on state laws...
E&E News – Oil-friendly ad blitz targets Calif. climate policies
By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS
https://www.eenews.net/articles/oil-friendly-ad-blitz-targets-calif-climate-policies/#:~:text=climate%20policies,-By%20Anne%20C&text=Coalitions%20that%20won%27t%20reveal,higher%20gas%20and%20electricity%20prices.
Oil industry allies in California are filling television and computer screens statewide with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign that blames state...
Politico – Pressure at the Pump
By Wes Venteicher, Politico California Climate
PRESSURE AT THE PUMP: A group of environmental and consumer groups is pressuring the California Energy Commission to hurry up...
The Mercury News – Commissioner unveils plan for home insurers to base California rate hikes on catastrophe prediction models
By John Woolfolk, THE MERCURY NEWS
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/14/commissioner-unveils-plan-for-home-insurers-to-base-rate-hikes-on-catastrophe-prediction-models/amp
In an effort to staunch the exodus of home insurers fleeing the state, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday unveiled...
Cal Matters – Home insurers given leeway
By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/financial-aid-deadline-california
The Los Angeles Times – California’s home insurer of last resort sees enrollment surge, raising concerns over its finances
By Ruben Vives, LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-15/californias-home-insurer-of-last-resort-sees-enrollment-surge-raising-concerns-over-its-finances#:~:text=Roach%20said%20the%20Fair%20Plan,was%20%2450%20billion%20in%202018.
With home insurers scaling back coverage in the state, enrollment is surging in California's backstop insurance plan -- as...
Politico – Ricardo Lara is playing with fire
By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO
With help from Blanca Begert, Alex Nieves and Hannah Northey
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/03/14/ricardo-lara-is-playing-with-fire-00147237
BURNING PLAN: Climate-change-fueled wildfires have scared insurance companies out of California. Now,...
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