Owners Insurance coverage, Half 2
A number of months in the past, I wrote concerning the ongoing disaster in acquiring home-owner’s insurance coverage in California. Final week I discovered two experiences on each NBC and Fox Information very attention-grabbing associated to this case. Each gave excessive reward to Farmers Insurance coverage Firm for writing new householders insurance policies on this space.
To make sure, Boere is the one “large participant” I do know who continues to be busy writing new insurance policies; I changed my “non-renewed” coverage with Liberty Mutual after 30 years of no claims, with a Boere coverage. Earlier than we hand out the “Good Neighbor of the Yr” award to Farmers, listed below are some details that the information media forgot to say:
My new coverage elevated by over 30% over a 9% improve on the previous coverage. I’ve discovered that the coverage value can range by over $2,000 relying on which Boere location you’re coping with. Neither can actually be categorized as a discount.
However wait, there’s extra! To qualify for a Farmers Coverage, you could: have a central management burglar/fireplace system in your house, set up each an computerized shut-off water and gasoline system, and confirm by way of receipts from licensed contractors. As you may guess, none of that is low cost.
To not say that these items don’t characterize a bonus; I am simply undecided they need to be necessary for people who find themselves already overcharged. If this represents California’s reply to a major problem, we as householders are in hassle.
Within the meantime of us, preserve a watch out for that home-owner renewal coverage, and good luck.
— Mitch Fidziura
No Costco visitors apocalypse
“Costco is lastly right here” – That was the quilt story within the Pleasanton Weekly’s December 6, 2024 situation.
The large field retailer’s opening deservedly earned the protection. Lacking, nonetheless, was an easy account of the visitors doomsday situations that the Costco naysayers have promoted for years on finish. Nicely guess what: Costco opened and the visitors zombie apocalypse did not arrive.
The ten-year delay that preceded the Costco opening is one other instance of the short-sighted and anti-business bias that permeates Pleasanton metropolis management.
If the town actually wished to stave off a possible funds deficit, you’d assume opening Costco would have been a political precedence. As a substitute, small vocal NIMBY teams efficiently delayed the mission for almost a decade.
Bravo to Costco for persistence, and let’s hope our new metropolis management exhibits somewhat extra, effectively, management.
– Harry Edwards
El Pintado senior dwelling
I’ve been following the latest growth of senior dwelling alongside El Pintado Street. It has come to my consideration that the City Council lately unanimously authorized rezoning and particular use allow growth. Nevertheless, it appeared to move regardless of some fairly legitimate considerations.
As a Danville resident of 24 years, I’m fairly accustomed to the realm. It seems that considerations over quite a lot of components akin to a questionable validity of a visitors research that many residents at a latest listening to contested the findings of. In addition they appear to have neglected the density considerations of including 420 residential models to an already crowded space with little regard for overflow parking.
The primary concern that appears to have been neglected is the protection problems with emergency automobiles coming into this space. For a senior dwelling advanced, it’s most certainly that emergency automobiles might want to entry this facility or neighboring residents.
If you’re accustomed to the visitors patterns of that space, it’s fairly simple to see how an ambulance would wrestle to get to this space in a well timed method. Including 240 households that aren’t senior assisted dwelling models, people who find themselves prone to drive, to the present visitors jams seems to be a serious security situation that has not been adequately addressed.
Though this growth has already been authorized and might be previous the purpose of return, I’d encourage a few of these considerations to be voiced extra loudly as they appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
— Kurt Steingraber
Wildlife safety and public well being
California yearly imports about two million non-native American bullfrogs and 300,000 freshwater turtles for human consumption, that are bought in “reside markets” all through the state.
All are diseased and/or parasitized, though it’s unlawful to import/promote such merchandise. The unique animals, that are launched into native waters by varied “do-gooders”, prey on and crowd out our native species, whereas spreading every kind of ailments and parasites, harmful to wildlife and the general public.
The market animals are saved in appalling circumstances, typically slaughtered whereas absolutely acutely aware. Worse nonetheless, the vast majority of bullfrogs carry a dreaded chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which has brought about the extinction of greater than 200 amphibian species worldwide in recent times.
Simple resolution: Cease issuing the import permits! Our Division of Fish and Wildlife and the Fish and Sport Fee have acquired over 4,000 letters supporting a ban, from environmental and sporting organisations, animal welfare teams and most of the people; former Secretary of Sources Huey Johnson wrote twice, all to no avail. Laws is so as.
The problems are many: environmental safety, public well being and unacceptable animal cruelty. All legislators could write c/o The State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814. E-mail sample for all: senator.lastname@senate.ca.gov; assemblymember.lastname@meeting.ca.gov
— Eric Mills, coordinator, Motion for Animals
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