Press Releases

Senator Allen advances two measures to improve how insurance can work for Californians

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) advanced SB 1209 and SB 1301 out of committee this week to provide stronger protections for policyholders, ensuring the system is ready to work for Californians when they are most vulnerable.




Senator Allen advances two measures to improve community-scale risk reduction and individualized home hardening efforts

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) celebrated the passage of SB 894 and SB 1297 out of committee this week to reduce fire risk across California. Both bills received bipartisan, unanimous support.




SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) praised the efforts of Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta to curb hospice fraud, highlighted by the recent announcement that over 280 fraudulent providers have been shut down.




Bipartisan legislation introduced to ease rebuilding costs for disaster survivors

SACRAMENTO – Senators Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) and Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) introduced SB 1343 to provide a tax credit for purchases to rebuild property that was damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster.




SB 1301 (Allen) provides guardrails to preserve home insurance coverage for policyholders

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) introduced SB 1301 today to safeguard homeowners and renters from insurance nonrenewals to prevent loss of coverage.




SACRAMENTO — Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) introduced SB 1209 today, a landmark legislative proposal sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, to give the California Department of Insurance long needed enforcement authority when insurers fail to comply with Report of Examination directives.




Two Bills Introduced to Preserve Mobilehome Parks and Provide Stronger Post-Disaster Protections

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) recently introduced two bills to prevent displacement and provide stronger post-disaster protections for residents of a mobilehome park.




SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), co-chair of the Environmental Legislative Caucus, bashed the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding that has protected Americans from dirty pollution since 2009.