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Julie Watts
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Investigative Reporter, KOVR-TV (Sacramento, CA)
California, San Francisco
Beats
Financial Literacy, and Banking.FinTech, Investments Entrepreneurship, Financial Inclusion
HR without the tech
Content
California wants fewer homeowners insured on the FAIR Plan. Data show the state's strategy may not be enough.
By Julie Watts Verified, Scott Pham Verified|KOVR-TV (Sacramento, CA)VerifiedSACRAMENTO — As more people in California lose private insurance, the state's FAIR plan is filling up with homes in places the industry itself has classified as low-risk for wildfire. The state regulator has a strategy that they say will help people get off the FAIR plan. A CBS News California analysis shows the state's solution might not be enough. For Ken Cavalli and Lisa Fine-Cavalli, their new home in West Roseville is their dream home.
By Scott Pham Verified, Julie Watts Verified|KOVR-TV (Sacramento, CA)VerifiedFAIR PLAN SECRETS: Why California's insurer of last resort is so secretive Since the LA fires on January 7, much more attention has been put on the California FAIR Plan, the state's fire insurer of last resort. Once thought of as a small, rarely-used backstop, the plan is now one of the largest in the state. Yet, it's also one of the most secretive insurers in California, able to withhold more information than even the private companies that run it.
Have federal agents served warrants at California’s Capitol? The Legislature doesn’t want you to know
By Ryan Sabalow Verified, Julie Watts Verified|thedailybs.comCalifornia’s legislative leaders are refusing to disclose whether federal agents are investigating state lawmakers for corruption or if any taxpayer money was spent on their legal defense. Open government advocates argue the public has a right to know.
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KOVR-TV (Sacramento, CA)
California, San Francisco, United States