Legislators are looking to rekindle state legislation that would have provided clarity for liability in cases such as the ...

California lawmakers will vote Tuesday on a bill that would increase accountability for utilities that cause wildfires, which ...

At 7:26 this morning, the California Legislature published the newly amended text of SB 492, confirming a major victory for wildfire survivors, insurance policyholders and California families.

The Legislature ended its work for the year without taking up a compromise bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized as the ...

The last-minute Senate Bill 492 gets killed at the close of the legislative session. No word on whether it will come back in ...

Utility executives have warned that California ratepayers could face higher costs, which they reiterated after the bill ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued the following statement after the Governor and legislative leaders announced ...

At the last minute on Tuesday, the California Assembly did not take up a wildfire bill that aimed to help victims who lost their homes. Senate Bill 492, authored by Sen.

California lawmakers substantially amended Senate Bill 492 on August 29, 2026, replacing an earlier youth-housing proposal ...

On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Assemblymember John Harabedian (D-Pasadena) and his colleagues declined to pass SB 492, a bill ...

California’s fight over who should bear the financial risk when utility equipment sparks wildfires took a new turn today, one ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s two largest investor-owned electric utilities say amended Senate Bill 492 would ...