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RBDA Virtual Community Meeting

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, 28th District

The 28th 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. 

Take Action Against the LICA Ordinance

You can send the letter in the link below by email to our Supervisors and the State senators listed below. If you want to edit the letter, you can open the pdf with Microsoft Word or copy the text of the pdf and paste into your word processor or use our letter as a basis for writing your own letter. 

Key Email Addresses

The Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors: boardofsupervisors@santacruzcountyca.gov 

Our State Senator John Laird: senator.laird@senate.ca.gov 

Senator Mike McGuire, author of SB-620: senator.mcguire@senate.ca.gov 

How Else to Help

Make comments in person at the Board of Supervisors meeting scheduled for June 25