Oppose Bill AB 1795
The Smoke Damage Recovery Act (Gipson)
Support EFRU's position: oppose unless amended
Show your support for EFRU’s position on AB 1795, which is to oppose the bill unless amended.
We need you to TAKE ACTION TODAY:
Hello Fire Recovery Partners,
Tell the Appropriations Committee we need them to Pass AB 1642 and Hold AB 1795 Until Amended:
Sign on to the “Hold AB 1795 Until Amended” letter.
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AB 1795 is an insurance bill being presented as a fire survivor protection bill by Insurance Commissioner Lara and Assemblymember Gipson. But as written, it would do more harm than good for fire survivors. It does not guarantee access to comprehensive, science-based testing or remediation. Instead, it leaves significant loopholes that would allow insurers to avoid meaningful testing and remediation, codifying the same insurance barriers fire survivors are already struggling against. Learn more here.
AB 1642 is a health and safety bill authored by Assemblymember Harabedian and co-authored by Senator Pérez, Senator Allen, and Assemblymember Irwin, all representatives of LA fire-impacted communities. AB 1642 would provide science-based standards to determine when it is safe to return home. This is the legislation fire survivors need to recover our homes, churches, businesses, and schools, and to help keep our families safe.
It is imperative that Eaton and Palisades fire survivors take action now. Appropriations needs to hear directly from fire survivors about what real recovery requires, why our communities need a health and safety bill, and why an insurance bill should not create barriers to meaningful testing and remediation.
In solidarity,
Jane Lawton Potelle
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