Title
Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board consider approving and authorizing the Chair to sign a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara advocating that insurance companies provide or continue to provide insurance for rural counties.
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Body
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On September 13, 2022 (Legistar 22-1248), the Board of Supervisors considered and approved responses to the 2021-2022 Civil Grand Jury report. The Jury’s Case # 21-09, “Ordinance 5101 - Vegetation Management and Defensible Space,” included among its recommendations that the Board of Supervisors “should send a letter by December 31, 2022, to the State Insurance Commissioner advocating that insurance companies provide or continue to provide insurance for rural areas.”
The Board approved this action, with instructions to include language in the letter relating to past and ongoing advocacy efforts by individual Supervisors and the Board as a whole.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board may choose not to send the letter.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
Legistar 22-1248 (9/13/22)
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
N/A
CAO RECOMMENDATION / COMMENTS
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
N/A
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
Clerk of the board will obtain the Chair’s signature on one (1) original copy of the letter and return to Chief Administrative Office for distribution.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Economic Development, Healthy Communities
CONTACT
Don Ashton, MPA
Chief Administrative Officer