From: Lila Hayes
Sent: Tuesday, September
28, 2004 6:45 PM
To:
Subject: updated web site and other announcements
I have rearranged
the "Resource" section of our web site and have added LOTS of fire survivor
discount information. Please visit the site to see the updated list.
www.oldfirerecoverygroup.org
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Our next meeting is this Sunday at 2PM at the
Calvary Baptist Church, 3701. It will be an insurance clinic with George
Kehrer of Community Assisting Recovery (CARe). See you there!
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OFRG has received the following
email. She has also promised to be at our meeting this
Sunday.
My name is Leslie Berkman lberkman@pe.com. I am a reporter with The
Press-Enterprise in Riverside assigned to write one of a series of stories to
mark the anniversary of last year's fires. My topic is homeowners insurance. I
would like to get in touch with fire victims having difficulties with their
claims or who are underinsured or who have been dropped by their insurance
companies. My phone number: 951-893-2111
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Brian Perkins, from Sen. Jackie Spear's
office (San Francisco and
San Mateo area and chair of the Senate Insurance
Commission) would like to
have a meeting with fire survivors to discuss the
issues with underinsurance.
The meeting will be Thursday, September 30 (yes
tomorrow) at 9:00am at the
Ramona Resource Center, 1721 Main Street in
Ramona across from
Rubios and Stater Brothers.
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Final Legal Clinic
There will be one final legal clinic on
Saturday, October 2 in the San Diego area at Grossmont College. Yes I will
be there. Visit our website for a flyer
and directions.
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In the news
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September 20, 2004
By Janet Wilson / LA Times Staff Writer
Standing in the ashes of their once-beautiful homes in San Bernardino last
November, the Daughertys and the Goldsteins made a bet. The first family to
rebuild would throw a block party to end all block parties. Almost a year after
one of worst wildfires...
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Garamendi to hold local investigatory
hearing
By Jeanette Steele
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 26, 2004
State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi will
hold an investigatory hearing Oct. 21 in San Diego on the issue of
underinsurance.
[snip]
Garamendi's office said subjects to be covered are
methods used by insurers to determine replacement cost for homes, the agent's
role in replacement cost evaluation, documentation and disclosure, the
consumer's role in determining replacement cost, insurer underwriting
guidelines, insurer re-underwriting programs and inflation factors and home
inspections.
[snip]
The event will be from 1 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. at the San Diego County Water Authority board room, 4677 Overland Ave., in
Kearny Mesa.
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Current Insurance Commissioner John
Garamendi has announced that he plans to run for lieutenant governor
rather than seek re-election.
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By Jeanette Steele
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 28, 2004
[I was decided to attend at the last minute and was surprised to receive
one of the "plaques" given at the press conference... I'm glad I decided to
go!]
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[here it is again in better detail in the North County Times]
Fire victims celebrate four-bill
success
By: ERIN MASSEY - Staff Writer
SCRIPPS RANCH ---- Wildfire survivors who cast a
suspicious eye on State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi five months ago
found themselves standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him Monday.
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Fire risks located by satellites
Privacy advocates worry about practice
ASSOCIATED PRESS
September
26, 2004
LOS ANGELES – Homeowners beware: Eyes in the sky may be peering into your
back yard to determine if your home is dangerously close to brush.
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