Analysis
Podcast: Grading California’s Wildfire Response
by
Ian Adams
Feb 13, 2018
originally published in
Pacific Research Institute
In the wake of California’s recent and devastating wildfires, the state’s legislature has responded with a slew of proposals that would insulate homeowners from the true cost of living in high-risk areas. R Street’s Adams discusses these proposals, and the Golden State’s uniquely problematic system of insurance regulation, with scholars at the Pacific Research Institute.
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