23+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1773+ words) More details: The Safe Homes grant program is designed to help low- and middle-income homeowners with fire mitigation. People who qualify could use grants to create 5-foot ember-resistant zones around properties, also known as Zone Zero, as required by law…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1816+ words) What's next: AAA has until the end of the month to respond to the policyholders' request. Insurance is meant to be a safety net, but for thousands of survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires, it's become a major barrier…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1118+ words) Insurance is meant to be a safety net, but for thousands of survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires, it's become a major barrier to their ability to rebuild. Almost every major insurer " State Farm, AAA, USAA and the California…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (777+ words) What they want: The group of fire survivors issued five requests, asking Lara's office to complete an ongoing investigation into State Farm within 60 days and prioritize complaints that insurers are cutting off people's short-term living coverage prematurely. What are some…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (977+ words) What did the report find? In all, the report found that 6 in 10 of people displaced by the Eaton and Palisades fires won't have coverage left for temporary housing within the year. The same report found that 77% of survivors who are…...

8+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (301+ words) Before coming to LAist in late 2021, I covered topics such as mental health, domestic violence and environmental issues for newspapers in Texas, Arizona and Northern California. I turned my focus to climate coverage after reporting on the devastating impacts of…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (309+ words) A hearing kicked off at the California Insurance Department's office in Oakland Monday morning as part of the process to determine whether State Farm can institute substantial rate hikes across ... LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (423+ words) California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today he will grant State Farm's request to raise home insurance premiums by 22% on average if the company agrees to certain conditions " and wins approval at a public rate hearing next month. Lara said…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (495+ words) Why is State Farm increasing rates? State Farm asked for "emergency" interim rate increases after fires burned through parts of Los Angeles County in January, saying it expects more than $7 billion in claims from the deadly blazes, a drastically reduced…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1616+ words) The fires that reduced Altadena, Pacific Palisades and other Los Angeles-area neighborhoods to rubble have also shined a harsh light on California's raging insurance crisis. Lawmakers have proposed a variety of bills to address the issues illuminated by the disaster,…...