Teams being deployed to prevent, prosecute insurance fraud after fires
Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a "rapid response effort" to prevent insurance fraud after the devastating fires.
California moratorium on insurance cancellation in LA fire zones expanded by state commissioner
The California insurance commissioner expanded the emergency protections covered by his recent moratorium for Southern California residents affected by wildfires.
California insurance commissioner discusses statewide impact of L.A. fires
The Los Angeles County fires have cast uncertainty over when the insurance crisis buffeting the entire state will ease, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara told the Chronicle during an interview Saturday in Santa Monica,
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New ‘rapid-response’ effort targets wildfire-related insurance fraud
The partnership described by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo ... schemes,” Lara said in a statement. “We’ve seen this in past wildfires. By partnering with the Los Angeles County District ...
California’s FAIR Plan, the home insurer of last resort, may need a bailout after the L.A. fires
California's Fair Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, may be unable to pay billions in claims arising from the Los Angeles fires and may require a bailout that could ultimately be paid by homeowners statewide.
How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling
Awareness of doom in Los Angeles, and yet a need to push disaster away, has created a kind of collective psychosis.
Another PDS alert issued, Los Angeles County reopens Altadena to residents
Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme Santa Ana winds increase fire danger.
Will California insurance reforms be enough to stop insurers from leaving?
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said new regulations will keep homeowners insured. Some of the new efforts give insurance companies more leeway in raising rates, while allowing them to use computer modeling to forecast risk and to incorporate their own “reinsurance” costs from backup providers in setting future premiums.
Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
Opinion: How governable is Los Angeles?
The city of L.A. should take some lessons from the southeastern suburbs in the county. Paramount, South Gate and others govern within themselves; they are laser focused on the here and now.
‘Scare tactic.’ Bonta slams Trump move targeting local officials over immigration
The Department of Justice is planning to investigate and possibly prosecute state and local officials who hinder Trump administration immigration efforts.
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Wildfires expose safety, logistical risks for LA County's unhoused
As wildfires tear through Los Angeles County, tens of thousands of unhoused residents face a cascade of risks: toxic air they can't filter, emergency alerts they can't receive, and evacuation orders they struggle to follow.