Eduardo 'Lalo' Vargas

While families were coming to terms with the loss of their homes due to LA’s recent wildfires, they also had to struggle with their insurance companies just to get the compensation they deserved. Months have now passed and it's clear that hundreds of homeowners were cheated out of the coverage they paid for. By refusing to pay out claims, threatening to not renew policies or write new ones the private insurance industry is trying to hold California hostage. Their ransom: incisive rate hikes across the state, more money for less coverage. Every worker in California is now being asked to pay the bill for a climate crisis caused by the richest corporations in the world and both political parties are allowing this hostage situation to continue.

Everyday people’s livelihoods are destroyed by the private insurance industry and those in charge of regulating the industry do nothing but aid this criminal activity. I'm running for Insurance Commissioner to end the stranglehold that private insurance has over the working class, to investigate and hold corporate executives accountable for their crimes against consumers and to fight for a California that provides free and high quality coverage for all.