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Recent consumer-protection coverage from Humboldt County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
AB 2038 moved on the Assembly floor May 11, extending post-wildfire insurance protections for homeowners facing cancellation pressure after a disaster.
The bill would set post-fire smoke contamination testing guidance, home reoccupancy standards and a faster insurer payment timeline after inspections, drawing survivor testimony and industry opposition.
The bill would require registration and conduct standards for certain small-business financing providers and bar confessions of judgment and related provisions before default.
Supporters cast the bill as a child-safety response to addictive platform design, while opponents warned of speech, privacy and access harms.
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee moved four cannabis bills forward on April 14, covering enforcement priorities, child-appealing packaging, beverage labeling and due-process documentation for embargoes and recalls.
