State Farm has pulled itself off the table for people looking for new home insurance policies in California, citing “historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market.” State Farm will also no longer offer new business policies but will still be selling car insurance policies for Californians.It is yet another example of California’s self-inflicted climate woes having consequences for residents.
In other words, it is now in the political interest of Democrats at the state and federal levels to ignore effective fire prevention strategies in order to push people into getting rid of gas stoves, plastic straws, and gas-powered cars. That irresponsible hysteria in pursuit of an economic agenda dressed up as a climate agenda has harmed Californians the most, first through the fires themselves and then through the economic consequences that follow the destruction.
This isn’t the first self-inflicted environmental problem California has faced, given its repeated man-made droughts. But it is further proof that California Democrats are either unable or unwilling to be responsible stewards of the state. California residents take a back seat to the absurd demands of environmental groups, and Californians, as usual, continue to pay the price.