September 2024 RBDA Meeting Video.

UPDATE: WE JUST LEARNED THAT CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RiCARDO LARA ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TO SPEAK AT THIS EVENT. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ASK THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER YOUR OWN QUESTIONS. SEND QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE TO: info@rbda.us

Wednesday, September 25th, 7:30pm

Understanding the Homeowners Insurance Crisis: How We Got Here, What’s Being Done About It and a Look Ahead

Do you have questions for the speakers? Send them in advance to info@rbda.us

Because many of our speakers and expected attendees are located outside of Bonny Doon, this meeting will be entirely by Zoom. 

Zoom Meeting Instructions: 

To join by internet:
1) go to http://zoom.us/join
2) Enter the Meeting ID. 609 031 3060 and Click join 

3) Enter passcode: 802339 

To join by phone:
1) Call +1-669-444-9171
2) When prompted enter the Meeting ID. 609 031 3060 

3) When prompted enter passcode: 802339 

All of us have been deeply affected by this growing crisis. We have had our insurance policies cancelled or seen dramatic increases in our premiums and now face a very uncertain future. Join us for presentations and a panel discussion, featuring representatives of government, industry, and consumer advocacy groups. We have designed this discussion to give a 360-degree view of the problem, the efforts underway to fix it, and what the future holds.

Speakers:

Gail Pellerin – California Assemblymember, 28^th District

The 28^th District includes Bonny Doon, the North Coast and San Lorenzo Valley. She chairs the Assembly Elections Committee, overseeing elections, campaign finance, the California Political Reform Act, and redistricting.

Julia Juarez – Deputy Commissioner, California State Department of Insurance, Community Relations and Outreach

With over 25 years of public and private sector outreach, education, and management experience, Julia oversees constituent outreach with federal, state, and local elected district offices and leads the Department’s expanded efforts to assist wildfire survivors, local governments, small businesses, and consumers in accessing the Department’s many services

Seren Taylor – Vice President, Personal Insurance Federation of California

Seren represents PIFC’s member companies before the California State Legislature and California State government agencies and departments on personal lines property-casualty insurance issues including auto, home, flood, and earthquake insurance sold to individuals.

Joel Laucher – Program Specialist, United Policyholders

Joel works on behalf of non-profit United Policyholders as a consumer advocate on insurance issues. Previously, Joel worked for the California Department of Insurance for 35 years starting as an analyst and moving up ultimately to Chief Deputy Commissioner. 

Updates on Cotoni-Coast Dairies and Wildfire Mitigation Strategies

BLM Central Coast Field Manager Zachary Ormsby

See details about the meeting and how to participate here.

Video link now posted here.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 AT 7:30 PM

In person at the Bonny Doon Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room and Virtually via the internet (zoom)Ecologist Grey Hayes will be the featured speaker, presenting “Bonny Doon Wildlife: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” at the RBDA’s community meeting on September 13th. 

SEND US YOUR TRAIL CAM VIDEOS and PICTURES – We’d love to include your photos, videos or screen captures as part of the presentation.Grey will be discussing our wildlife neighbors past and present, covering the variety of animals, changes that have taken place over time and about how best to coexist with them.We’re very lucky to live among the multitude of mammals, birds, reptiles and insects, both large and small, common and not so common (even rare), that populate our mountain. Grey’s presentation will be both informative and entertaining, and the icing on the cake would be to have your pictures and videos as an integral part of it.

How to submit your pictures and videos: Email your submission to me at eornas@gmail.com. In your email, please Include your name, the name of the animal (if you’ve identified it), the date and time the photo was taken and the location. Gmail’s maximum allowable size for attachments is 25 megabytes so please make sure yours is less than 25 megs. If you have something special that is larger than that, let me know and we’ll have to find another way to accommodate.

What’s Next for Cotoni-Coast Dairies and the North Coast Facilities Management Plan?

Video Archive here.