In one of his last political pushes as governor, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to speed up payouts for wildfire victims. Critics say it helps utilities avoid accountability
  • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    They could tax insurance sales to high risk or high value properties. They’re the ones that will ultimately be the biggest burden in a fire anyway.

    In reality the costs should fall on the utility companies that likely caused several of the fires. But that would raise prices for everyone.