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FAIR Plan Fix: What are lawmakers doing to fix California's insurance and why is it taking so long?

FAIR plan problems are nothing new, but suddenly, everyone is paying attention to California's insurance crisis. Are we any closer to a fix? CBS News California investigates the flood of insurance-related bills in the aftermath of the L.A. fires and why it's taken so long for lawmakers to take action. WATCH OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE: CBS NEWS CALIFORNIA INVESTIGATES California's Insurance Crisis

CA Insurance Commissioner to require more FAIR Plan transparency following CBS News California Investigation

The public is on the hook for the FAIR Plan's debt, but we don't have access to the FAIR Plan's financials. Should that be legal? California's Insurance Commissioner says, "No." Now he's committing to fix it following a CBS News California Investigation. WATCH THE FULL INVESTIGATION HERE: California FAIR Plan secrets: Why the state's insurer of last resort is so secretive FOLLOW OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE: CBS NEWS CALIFORNIA INVESTIGATES California's Insurance Crisis

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Released: Are California Felons "Earning" Early Release? (2022 Continuing Coverage)

When California voters passed Proposition 57, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said it would incentivize rehabilitation by allowing inmates to "earn" early release credits for completing rehabilitation programs and "lose credits" for bad behavior. But critics argue that violent felons are now being released early without earning or losing credits -- and there's little transparency.

How Alexandra Capelouto's memory was a political pawn inside California's Capitol

You may remember Alexandra Capelouto, the Riverside County college student who died after taking half a fentanyl-laced prescription pill. Hers was among the first deaths to be investigated as fentanyl poisoning. The Capelouto family just won a landmark $5.8 million civil verdict against the man who sold her the pill. CBS News California's Julie Watts investigates how state legislators played politics with a young woman’s memory.

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