News and Notes
How to Survive the Insurance Crisis
March 26, 2021
If you missed United Policyholder’s recent webinar on keeping your assets insured and how to navigate a difficult insurance market, or would like to review it again, you can watch it here You can download the PowerPoint slides for this March […]
Efforts to increase affordable housing through zoning changes need to consider impact on emergency evacuations
March 4, 2021
The Oakland Firesafe Council recently sent a letter to our state legislators, as well as county and city elected officials, urging them to exempt zoned areas in the very high fire hazard severity zones from changes in single family zoning […]
NFPA’s Outthink Wildfire™ focuses on new ways of looking at wildfire policy
February 23, 2021
Check out the recording of the National Fire Protection Association’s new initiative aimed at significantly lowering community wildfire risk by 2050.
OFSC Supports Wildfire Prevention Funding
February 20, 2021
This week, the Oakland Firesafe Council sent letters to State legislators in support of funding for wildfire prevention–with the recommendation that our state officials ensure that funding includes communities in Local Responsibility Areas (like Oakland) and not just those in […]
State to establish new home hardening standards for insurance
February 11, 2021
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a new partnership between the California Department of Insurance and Governor Gavin Newsom’s Administration, including the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), […]