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A Sub -Committee of the United States House of Representatives will hold an audience on Thursday how regulatory politics affects the prevention of natural disasters, focused on mortal. Forest fires that wreaked havoc in southern California Last month.
The Judicial Subcommittee of the House led by the GOP on the administrative state, the regulatory reform and the anti -tropolis will begin in sight, entitled “Fairs of California and the consequences of the overdurgulation”, at 10 am.
The High Court will not only examine how the regulatory policy in the Golden State has affected the prevention of natural disasters, specifically wildfires, but will also address how the “excessive regulation” of insurance and permanence slows down the recovery. .
Days after the fires began, California Gov. Gavin Newsom Reconstruction suspended rules, renouncing the requirements of permit based on the California Coast Law and the California Environmental Quality Law to allow a faster reconstruction process.
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Firefighters work from the roof while the fire of palisades burns a property in front of the beach in Malibu, California, on January 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne laurent)
Following the fires, a March 2024 announcement from California’s major private insurer, State Farm, saying that he suspended 72,000 home and apartment policies coverage, generating reaction and questions around the surrounding area. Accessibility of insurance in this area Specifically.
The insurer said that a letter sent to the California insurance department (CDI) shortly after this announcement was an “alarm that indicated the serious need for fast and transformative action”.
State Farm now calls on the CDI to “immediately approve” an increase in the 22% rate for non -tenants, a 15% increase for tenants and homeowners and 38% of rental homes.
The smoke of the palisades The fire rises on the residences in Mandeville Canyon Saturday, January 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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The increase in rates is to help “avoid a terrible situation,” said State Farm, and would come into force on May 1, 2025.
“On February 1, State Farm General (only fire) has received more than 8,700 claims and has already paid more than $ 1 billion to customers,” the insurer wrote in a statement on his website . “The big general state will pay significantly more, as these fires will be the most expensive disasters in the history of the State Farm General.”
An aerial photo shows several carbonized houses after the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, on January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The High Court comes one day after Newsom traveling to Washington, DC, to meet with President Donald Trump and Congressional members on efforts to achieve more federal funding for fire recovery.
The secretary of the California Natural Resource Agency, Wade Crowfoot, who oversees water and fire policy throughout the state, also attended the meeting.
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Among the testimonies of the sight are Steve Hilton, founder of Golden Together; Steven Greenhut, a leading resident at the R Street Institute and director of the western region; and Edward Ring, who oversees the policy of water and energy at the California Policy Center.
Rachel Wolf of Fox Business contributed to this report.
