SACRAMENTO – This Wildfire Preparedness Week, Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) reflected on the devastation of last year’s LA Fires and the continued need to reduce risk across regions to better mitigate damages when disaster strikes.
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SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) released the following statement in response to the California Department of Insurance’s enforcement against State Farm after investigating the insurer’s handling of claims filed by survivors of the 2025 Los Angeles fires.
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.
