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Latest Insurance Package Offers CA Little Relief
Right by the Bay | February 28, 2025 | Steven Greenhut
California’s property insurance market has hobbled along for years, as insurers have slowly – then quickly –exited the market after years of massive wildfire losses have threatened their reserves. State officials have mostly blamed climate change, arguing that increased temperatures are leading to more such fires. They’ve doubled down on their climate agenda.
But after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the California Department of Insurance, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature are finally realizing that they have to do something to halt the exodus of insurers, shore up the tottering state-created insurer of last resort (the FAIR Plan) and help property owners who increasingly are left without – or with too little – insurance.
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Give Students A Chance, Revive Parent Trigger Law
Long Beach Press-Telegram | Matt Fleming | February 24, 2025
Just over a decade ago, parents and students trapped in failing schools had a way out, known as the Parent Empowerment Law.
Unfortunately, the law was murdered in the dark and has been almost entirely forgotten.
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Backfilling Lost Federal Education Funding Will Cost California Dearly
Spending Watch | Wayne Winegarden | February 27, 2025
The erratic actions of the Trump Administration are undoubtedly making it more difficult for states to budget for the upcoming 2026 fiscal year.
The knee-jerk reaction from many California politicians is to call for more taxes on the rich to backfill any funding reductions from the federal government.
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