California homeowners are experiencing the “shock and awe” of the increase in their insurance rates. This webinar will address how insurance rates are determined; strategies for fire mitigation; current state legislation impacting insurance rates; and efforts by community groups to inform home owners about ways to protect their property.

Contra Costa Fire Chief Lewis T. Broschard III will be the moderater.

• Emily Rogan, Senior Program Officer, United Policy Holders
• Steve Young, Sr. Vice President/General Counsel, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of California
• Marc Evans, Moraga/Orinda Firewise Network
• Chris Bachman, Contra Costa County Fire Marshall.

This webinar will have simultaneous Spanish interpretation.

Please register here. The Zoom information will be emailed 24 hours before the program.

Community Conversations are co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, the League of Women Voters of West Contra Costa County, CCTV, and the Contra Costa County Library. The Library will provide closed captioning for this event.

This program will be recorded and uploaded to the Library and LWVDV YouTube channels after the event.

Contact programs [at] lwvdv.org for more information.