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California Sen. Dave Cortese proposed the bill as the state grapples with a shortage of affordable housing.
August 15 -
Damage claims from the Eaton wildfire could wipe out the $21 billion fund created to protect utilities and their customers when an investor-owned utility's equipment is deemed responsible.
July 25 -
An academic paper presented at the Brookings Institute's annual conference found that future wildfire risks are already having economically significant impacts on financial markets, municipal borrowing costs and vulnerable communities.
July 23 -
State lawmakers approved a trailer bill to last year's budget that aided Medi-Cal and provided funding to local governments affected by January's wildfires.
April 14 -
The governor aims to secure federal funding with latest executive order in aftermath of Los Angeles fires.
March 3 -
State Farm's "emergency" rate increase request was rejected by California's insurance commissioner.
February 18 -
A bill would allow homeowners to receive the interest accrued on insurance payments for lost or damaged property, rather than lenders.
February 11 -
The legislation would permit a state government conduit issuer to sell bonds to bolster the last-resort FAIR Plan in the wake of Los Angeles-area wildfires.
January 31 -
California's IBank has partnered with an insurer and fire resilience fund to pay for fire resilience programs.
December 6 -
A bill would allow the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to issue debt for California's FAIR Plan, its property insurer of last resort.
August 30
