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LOS ANGELES — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded emergency insurance protections for Southern California homeowners, adding new ZIP Codes to those already under a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance non-renewals and cancellations. The amended Commissioner’s Bulletin shields those within the perimeters or adjoining ZIP Codes of the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia, Sunset, and Woodley fires in Los Angeles County for one year from the Governor’s January 7 emergency declaration regardless of whether they suffered a loss.
Commissioner Lara issued the first wave of protections last Thursday after the Palisades and Eaton fires broke out. As firefighters battle wildfires across the region, he will issue a supplemental bulletin if additional ZIP Codes are within or adjacent to a fire perimeter subject to this declared state of emergency for Los Angeles and Ventura counties.