California Insurance Company Oversight Law Signed
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 553, which establishes new oversight aimed at reducing the number of insurance company insolvencies. AB 553 was authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly,...
View ArticleCalifornia Climate Change Bills Unlikely to See Easy Passage
California lawmakers negotiated frantically behind the scenes on Tuesday over the fate of several proposals to dramatically reduce the state’s use of fossil fuels and slash the amount of greenhouse...
View ArticleObama Declares Major Disaster in California Wildfire
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster Tuesday in a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed at least 1,200 homes and killed at least three people. The declaration issued for the fire...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Signs Bill Dealing with Insurance Code
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1515, which clarifies and corrects sections in the insurance code. The omnibus bill was authored by the Assembly Committee on Insurance and sponsored by...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Signs Beer Bikes Bill into Law
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill allowing beer bikes to operate on city streets. The governor’s office tweeted a photo of Brown signing the bill on a beer bike in Sacramento Sunday with his wife,...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Formulary Bill
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California forward in curbing abuse of opioid medications in the workers’ compensation system. Assembly Bill 1124, authored by Assemblyman Henry T....
View ArticleCalifornia Wants Half Its Power from Renewable Energy by 2030
Gov. Jerry Brown dramatically increased California’s climate-change goals, committing the state to use renewable energy for half its electricity and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient in...
View ArticleCalifornia Bill Requiring Earthquake Reports on Water Infrastructure Signed
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a plan to require regional water-management officials to report the vulnerability of their water systems to an earthquake. Senate Bill 664,...
View ArticleEmergency Declaration from California Governor for Sempra Gas Leak
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency to protect residents from natural gas that has been leaking from Sempra Energy’s underground storage site near Los Angeles for more than two...
View ArticleEl Niño Could Signal Easing of California Drought, Says Official
In the strongest indication yet that the California drought could be easing, officials said strict water conservation orders could be dramatically scaled back or even ended if El Niño storms keep...
View ArticleFirefighters Advance on California Blaze That’s Destroyed 200 Homes
Fire crews are making inroads against a raging wildfire in central California that has claimed two lives and destroyed 200 homes. Roughly 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze, according to...
View ArticleCalifornia Insurers Group Hopes Governor Signs Airbnb Bill
Another bill dealing with the sharing economy is headed to the California governor’s desk. A bill to ensure homeowners and renters offering rooms for rent on hosting platforms like Airbnb and Home Away...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Wants to Expand Efforts on Climate Change
California Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a campaign to extend some of the most ambitious climate-change programs in the country and ensure his environmental legacy when he leaves office in two years....
View ArticleCalifornia Moving to Study Balcony Safety After Fatal Berkeley Collapse
California is moving to study state balcony standards after a fatal collapse in Berkeley sent shock and horror across the globe last year. Legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed last week creates a...
View ArticleFormer California Rideshare Driver Charged with Assaulting Multiple Passengers
A former driver for Uber and Lyft has been charged with sexually assaulting several women while on the job, and Southern California investigators said that there are likely more victims. An 18-year-old...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Approves Public Adjuster Reform Bill
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that establishes fair practices standards for public insurance adjusters and enhances consumer protections. Senate Bill 488, authored by state Sen. Marty...
View ArticleCalifornia Workers’ Comp Board Submits Amended Rate Filing to Department of...
The WCIRB has submitted a pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance proposing Jan. 1, 2017 advisory pure premium rates lower than the corresponding industry average and less...
View ArticleLien Consolidation Court, Fraud Part of Focus at California Comp Conference
The state’s top two labor officials were understandably high on the impact they expect two bills recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown will have on California’s workers’ comp system and bad actors who...
View ArticleCalifornia is Taking Global Warming Fight to Dairy Cows
California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation’s leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock. Despite strong...
View ArticleTrump vs. California Climate Battle Brewing
California vs. Trump, so to speak, is shaping up to be a heavyweight match. On one side is the world’s sixth (or so) largest economy – home to Disneyland, Hollywood and Big Sur. On the other is the...
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