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EPISODE · Nov 24, 2025

How One Regulator Made California’s Fire Recovery Harder

from Smoke & Mirrors · host Consumer Watchdog

We explore a recent investigative story by the New York Times about how industry-favored loopholes crafted behind closed doors at the California Department of Insurance have undermined fire recovery, and how Los Angeles fire survivors are now calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to ask Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to resign.  Guests: Branislav Kecman, Altadena fire survivor Jill Spivack, Pacific Palisades, fire survivor Zaire Calvin, Altadena fire survivor Joy Chen, executive director, Eaton Fire Survivors Network Carmen Balber, executive director, Consumer Watchdog Jo Becker, reporter, New York Times

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