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New wildfire recovery laws address smoke damage and mortgages

Four bills signed in Altadena strengthen protections for disaster survivors.

Image credit: AngelenoCrow / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA; 2025 archival fire photo

The state says the package covers insurance, smoke-contamination testing and remediation, mortgage forbearance and recovery procedures. Survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires helped shape the legislation.

What it means locally

The laws establish a framework; a household’s coverage and eligibility still depend on the applicable rules and insurer. The official release describes the individual bills.

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