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Los Angeles Times – FAIR Plan to assess insurers $1 billion for L.A. fires; consumers may be on the hook for nearly half

By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-11/fair-plan-to-assess-insurers-1-billion-for-l-a-fires-with-consumers-on-hook-for-nearly-half The California FAIR Plan received approval Tuesday from the state's insurance commissioner to assess its member companies $1 billion to help pay its Los Angeles fire claims - with consumers possibly on the...

KTLA-LA (CW) – Los Angeles, CA: CA “Fair” Plan Short $1B In Wildfire Payouts

Consumer Watchdog says affected customers should not have to pay and it will fight what it calls a bailout.

KXTV-SAC (ABC) – Sacramento, CA: CA Fair Plan Hit Insurers $1B For LA Fires

Consumer Watchdog is concerned this could set a dangerous precedent by letting insurers off the hook for their fair plan liabilities and will encourage them to dump even more Californians on the fair plan.

KMPH-FRES (FOX) – Fresno, CA: CA Needs Additional $1 Billion For Wildfire Claims

Consumer Watchdog warns that this will likely drive up insurance costs for all other homeowners across the state, as insurers pass on that cost.

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: California Homeowners Should Not Be Bailing Out The Insurance Industry

By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM - Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 - The California fair plan, considered the state's home insurer of last resort, now turning to...

The Sacramento Bee – California bill would end ‘surveillance pricing’

By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299929444.html Should businesses be allowed to charge you more for the price of goods and services based on a data profile they have on you? That could soon be illegal in California, under AB 446,...

KMPH-FRES (FOX) – Fresno, CA: What’s Next For Home Insurance In CA

https://youtu.be/tVuyJVBw4Z4

KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: Trump Administration Has Ordered The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Its Work

By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

WUTQ – Utica, NY: Request From State Farm To Raise Homeowner Insurance Rates In The Wake Of The Los Angeles Wildfires

By Staff Reporters, WUTQ – Utica, NY Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

KMPH-FRES (FOX) – Fresno, CA: State Farm Rate Increase Request

https://youtu.be/OZbr9YLs-Q4

KTTV-LA (FOX) – Los Angeles, CA: Prices Are being Adjusted Based On Your Shopping Habits

Screen grabs of lyft rides being ordered at the exact same time, at the same location, but from different phones belonging to different people. One was charged $5 more.

KTLA-LA (CW) – Los Angeles, CA: Public Saftey Power Shutoffs

Consumer Watchdog says what's needed are statewide standards so that individual utilities aren't making up policy as they go along we should have a statewide governmental assessed.

New York Times – Power Lines Suspected In Eaton Fire

By Ivan Penn, THE NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/eaton-fire-power-lines-edison.html Southern California Edison said video evidence had led it to look more broadly at whether its equipment might have been the cause of the deadly blaze. On Jan. 19, almost two weeks after...

The Center Square – Newsom weakens financial disclosure requirements for LA officials as relief pours in

By Kenneth Schrupp, THE CENTER SQUARE https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_3d184398-e34a-11ef-8404-af4bae061b9b.html (The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order for Los Angeles fire "relief" includes provisions creating a 60-day reporting extension for required ethics disclosures of behested payments or conflicts of interest...

KNTV-SF (NBC) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Requests Increase After L.A. Wildfires

State Farm says its surplus has gone down in California, and that's true, but the question is why the company's surplus went down. In fact, the company has profited on the homeowner's line of insurance in California, and at the same time has been sending billions of dollars out of state to its parent company.

Daily Kos – New 2024 CA Oil Drilling Permits Drop to 73, But Oil Regulators Drop Ball on Bonding

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2/5/2301645/-New-2024-CA-Oil-Drilling-Permits-Drop-to-73-But-Oil-Regulators-Drop-Ball-on-Bonding Los Angeles, CA—Approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024 from 2,664 in 2019 when Governor Newsom took office. However, 2024 ended with oil regulators “dropping the ball” on...

KPIX-SF (CBS) – San Francisco, CA: State Farm Rate Hike Request

State Farm is trying to take advantage of this tragedy to say they need an immediate emergency rate increase of 22%, which could be three quarters of a billion dollars.

KPBS-FM – San Diego, CA: State Farm Got A $470 million Rate hike On California Homeowners Last Year. Now They’re Back Asking For More

By Staff Reporters, KPBS-FM – San Diego, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) – Los Angeles, CA: Home Insurance Rates Rising After Fires

Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court, says the timing is inappropriate, especially so soon after the wildfires.

Cal Matters – State Farm asks for more insurance rate increases after LA fires

By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/02/state-farm-insurance-rate-request-la-fires/ State Farm, the largest insurer for California homeowners, this week asked the state to approve “emergency” rate increases for insurance policy holders, saying the recent Los Angeles County fires have imperiled its finances.  The company wants...

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