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Your guide to the California insurance commissioner race: Allen vs. Kim (opens the original)
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See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred The race to succeed Ricardo Lara as California insurance commissioner following the devastating January 2025 wildfires is a classic study in contrasts. It pits a veteran legislator, state Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), serving his third and final term in the Senate, against an upstart progressive candidate, Jane Kim, a former San Francisco supervisor. They topped a packed field of candidates in the June 2 primary. Kim was the l
Newsom signs fire insurance reforms but vetoes two bills addressing complaints by wildfire victims (opens the original)
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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed wildfire insurance reforms, but vetoed bills cracking down on claims-handling practices that drew complaints from January 2025 fire victims. Over the weekend, Newsom signed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act by Sen. Steve Padilla, (D-San Diego), sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, as well as a bill by Sen
In reversal, California regulator says unmarried drivers should not pay more for auto insurance (opens the original)
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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred For decades, single, divorced and many widowed drivers have paid more for auto insurance in California than those who are married. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in a surprising decision announced Wednesday he is barring auto insurers from considering marital status in setting premiums. While the insurance department has previously defended
California governor signs mortgage relief bills for wildfire victims (opens the original)
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Legislation that will extend mortgage relief to victims of the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires and establish a similar permanent program for disaster victims statewide was signed into law Tuesday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The mortgage forbearance bills by Assemblymember John Harabedian, D-Pasadena, who represents the devastated Eaton fire zone, follow a law enacted last year that gave victims of the Jan. 7 fires up to 12 months of mortgage relief. "Wildfire recovery does not end
Groceries, gas, rent. Why it's so expensive to live in L.A. (opens the original)
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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Cheryl Palumbo was out shopping for herself and her husband last week to pick up some items she had forgotten the day before at the supermarket — and couldn’t quite believe her bill. The 78-year-old retiree had already spent $150 and here she was back at her local Ralphs forking over another $70 for fruit, vegetables and other food crammed into
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