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Oct 5Liked by Climate Action California

This is so important, thanks for highlighting this complex topic. The irony of our home insurance premiums being invested to further fossil fuel development and production is obscene and should lead to action. This summer organized protests addressed this and more https://www.summerofheat.org/

The recovery of housing from disasters has many aspects in addition to insurance coverage. I learned this when working to recover from the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles when thousands of Angelenos, mostly renters, were displaced from their homes. Most communities pay little attention to disaster housing planning until experience teaches them its importance. Hurricane Katrina reminded us of this fact after all the attention and money was going to terrorism-related work. Progress has been made but we have a long way to go.

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