Memorandum
Date: May 6, 2025
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Eddie Crandell, Chair, District 3 Supervisor
Jessica Pyska, District 5 Supervisor
Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Matthew Rothstein, Chief Deputy County Administrative Officer
Subject: Consideration of Four Coalition Letters Related to Fire Insurance in Consistency with Board-Adopted 2025 State Legislative Priorities
Executive Summary:
Our Board adopted our 2025 State Legislative Priorities January 28, 2025, during the Annual Governance Workshop. This set of priorities orients the work of our representatives from Nielsen Merksamer in providing State-level advocacy. Requests for signatures on Coalition Letters are sometimes likewise brought to either Department Heads (signing on behalf of their Department), or the County Administrative Officer (who may sign, when Legislation is strongly consistent with your Board's Legislative Priorities, or bring forward the request for Board Approval, as needed).
The County of Lake was recently (April 25, 2025) asked to join four Coalition Letters in Support of the following Fire Insurance-focused Bills pending in our State Legislature (AB 1, AB 441, SB 547, and SB 616), and Chair Crandell's signature has been requested.
Administrative Office staff and our State-level advocates from Nielsen Merksamer have reviewed each of these Bills and found all are in strong alignment with your Board's 2025 Legislative Priorities (namely, Fire Insurance and Wildfire Resilience).
Chair Crandell and Supervisor Pyska (who has been deeply engaged in statewide and national efforts to act on the ongoing insurance crisis, including last week's testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs) are Sponsors of this item.
Additionally, Rural County Representatives of California has taken a Support position for all four Bills. The California State Association of Counties' (CSAC's) po...
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