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Letters,
Insurance,
Government

May 15, 2018

Bill increases protection for homeowners impacted by wildfires

Misguided attorney aligns himself with insurance industry in opposing bill.

Dave Jones

Insurance Commissioner
California Department of Insurance

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Recently the Daily Journal printed an article by Jon Eisenberg asserting that a bill my Department of Insurance is sponsoring would be bad for homeowners affected by wildfires. ("Senate Bill is bad for homeowners affected by wildfires," May 11). In the process Eisenberg attacks me and State Sen. Bill Dodd, the author of Senate Bill 1291.

Eisenberg has both his facts and law wrong. And in making his erroneous assertion, Eisenberg alig...

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