(NBC Bay Area) - There's new hope for California homeowners facing rising insurance costs: Lawmakers are considering a new bill to boost protections.
State Sen. Josh Becker, a Democrat from Menlo Park, has introduced a bill that would force insurance companies to consider the billions of dollars the state has spent on wildfire mitigation and all the work homeowners have done to protect their homes from wildfires such as creating defensible space around their property.
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