What California’s plan to get insurance to high-risk fire areas means for Orange County

Ted Wright has lived in Orange County for a little over three decades — and had homeowners insurance through a regular insurance company for over two of them.
But within a few years of Wright moving from Irvine to Modjeska Canyon, where he’s been living for the past 11 or so years, the company decided against renewing Wright’s home insurance since his place is located in a high-risk area prone to wildfire, he said. Around the time Wright moved to the canyons, several fires touc