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Home Insurers Leave CA / SF Women Break World Record / LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Flames consume an evacuated home in the Napa Valley wine region last October. California's Department of Insurance says the total insurance claims in 2017 were the highest on record — including nearly $12 billion over the final three months of the year.
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Flames consume an evacuated home in the Napa Valley wine region in 2017.

Major home insurance companies retreat from California market, SF Women Runners break world relay record, A preview of the LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Monday at 6:

* Major home insurers are pulling out of the California market, citing climate change, inflation, and rising reinsurance costs. We will lay out the impact on homeowners, buyers, and builders.
Guests: Rex Frazier, President of the Personal Insurance Federation of California AND Dan Dunmoyer,  President and CEO of the California Building Industry Association. Michael Wara, Policy Director for the Sustainability Accelerator at the Doerr School of Sustainabilityand Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and Senior Research Scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University.

* On June 3rd, a group of 100 San Francisco women set a new world record for the 100 by 1 mile relay. We will hear from some of the women responsible for this historic result.
Guests: Peggy Lavelle, Shawn Sax from San Francisco Road Runners Club.

* We’ll preview the San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which starts next week.
Guest: James Woolley Executive Director of Frameline.

Host: Grace Won
Producers: Wendy Holcombe, Chris Nooney, and Anne Harper