Losses in the state are expected to exceed $250 billion. A leading scholar in insurance law says the question isn’t if someone will pay, but who.

A similar program was implemented in 2017 in Houston after Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage. Rather than rebuild in flood plains, the city used federal dollars to buy out more than 400 homeowners, demolished the properties and used the land for flood control.

Wildfires are increasingly touching more diverse communities as fires grow in intensity and extend into urban areas, according to researchers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) sent a letter to members of Congress requesting nearly $40 billion in funding to rebuild communities after wildfires devastated the Pacific Palisades and Altadena