Irreverent so in the 80s the state of california passed a law that requires any company that writes the policies to over earthquake insurance the homeowners are not required by commissioner cranshaw can bye there was so much loss they were going to stop writing the insurance policies for earthquakes they wanted to stop a serious insurance policy. Were talking about the homeownerships buying the earthquake shiners but 70 percent are renters whats my opposite. The option for renter the earthquake be Insurance Company is affordable i think people dont realize just exactly what it covers it covers damaged property but loss of use if you have to be under a building they have a quarter main that was broken as well as Emergency Repair if interests glass breaks in the carpet you need to be in our unit thats whether earthquake is important. Youre title youre the excessive mitigation officer for the state of california when i think of insurance i dont think about mitigation. So as part of Public
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Vallejo. You talked with a pregnant mother who had to grab her kids and escape those flames from right next door. Reporter yeah, were talking about a woman whos eight months pregnant. She also has a 2 and 4yearold so she had her hands full. Those were her top priorities. And the neighbors said the very same thing. Firefighters got here around 11 30 last night at this threealarm blaze. Now you can see investigators inside the unit where they believe this all started. Now, the question is how did a baby get left inside . To cover all bases, investigators waited on a warrant before going in this morning while neighbors recall the frightening moments when they heard loud noises before they saw the smoke. There was an explosion, like a real big boom. As soon as i opened up the door there was a bunch of smoke. Reporter the threealarm blaze started in the upstairs left apartment. Neighbors learned there was a baby trapped inside. I dont know if it was the mom but she said theres a baby inside
Showers at our nbc bay area studios here in san jose. But some heavier rainfall on the way. Its not only the wet weather right now but the wind weve been dealing with. Sustained winds out of the south. 15 to about 25 miles per hour. Were continuing to track this storm system and the heaviest tonight thats all throughout this hour. Ladies . Thanks, jeff. Speaking of that wind it has been whipping up some problems. Dashcam video shows a strong gust knocking down a side along the Santa Cruz Mountains today. As the Stormy Weather returns, fema has a stern wantirning fory area homeowners. Elyce kirchner has an important message. Reporter the rain just started pouring down here. With all the record rain weve been experiencing, a Record Number of californians have actually signed up for Flood Insurance policies but fema is warning its just a drop in the bucket compared to how many people should actually be signing up. Lets take a look. Reporter rene is getting a quote to trim four large trees
And electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and files somebody submitted to the clerk. Thank you and i know both items on the special committee is related but we will call them separately so please item 1 please. Item 1 is a initiative oar from the mayor for the proposed Initiative Ordinance submitted are by the mayor for the voters for june 7, 2016 for election entitled ordinance mending the planning code to maximize inclusionary or Affordable Housing and Economic Feasibility studies. We have staff here. We will have this presentation and if you get the powerpoint on the screen thank you. I want to be very clear the clear of this Initiative Ordinance is establish a pathway to maximize the amount of Affordable Housing that the city can require of developers. The current requirements are too low. Not only are they too low but theyre a one size fits all rules and acts if a luxury tower downtown has the same economics as a project in another neighborhood. The economics are different a