In the wake of the horrific California wildfires in January, impacted homeowners not only lost their property, but either had their insurance policies canceled outright, were hit with massive increases in their insurance premiums, or pushed onto the FAIR Plan, the state insurance exchange which forced homeowners to accept less coverage than their homes required. While all this was going down, Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara was too busy traveling around the world on the taxpayer dime to care.
According to an investigation by ABC7‘s “7 On Your Side,” they obtained and combed through hundreds of public records, uncovering details of at least 46 cross-country and international trips. Lara traveled to 15 different countries, paid for by the California taxpayers, 11 of those taxpayer-funded excursions were to places like Bogota, Paris, and Toronto. More…
