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ABOUT THE COALITION
OUR MISSION
Fairness for Fire Victims (FFV) is a grassroots coalition of California wildfire survivors and allies fighting to ensure full recovery for all California wildfire victims and fight back against efforts to weaken protections for fire victims.
The Fire Victim Trust
Between 2015 and 2018, 24 wildfires devastated Northern California, destroying 23,000 homes and claiming at least 130 lives. These fires impacted over 70,000 people, with damages totaling over $20 billion.
Victims of the Northern California fires — many of whom are underinsured, middle- and working-class families, and retirees —are still struggling to recover, years later.
The Fire Victim Trust, which was established to repay wildfire victims is currently projected to be $6 billion short of the damages owed. Victims of these fires are still waiting to receive 30% of what they have lost.
Every fire victim — from Northern to Southern California — deserves fair treatment.
Stopping For-Profit Utility Immunity
California's for-profit utilities are increasingly using their political power to try to avoid paying for the fires they start.
The California Earthquake Authority's April 2026 report — required by the Legislature — recommends eliminating inverse condemnation for utility-caused wildfires. That would strip survivors of one of their most powerful legal rights to hold the utilities responsible.
These are the same companies posting record profits while their equipment kills people and burns down whole towns. They want the legislature to ensure that when they are negligent in the future, they won’t be held responsible for it- while their shareholders continue to profit. FFV is fighting to stop it.
A Fair Insurance System
Utility-caused wildfires have destabilized California's insurance market — forcing homeowner policy cancellations, driving up premiums, and leaving entire communities uninsurable.
The utilities caused this crisis. Survivors and ratepayers should not be the ones paying to fix it.
Fairness For Fire Victims advocates for insurance reforms that restore fairness and protect homeowners without shielding for-profit utilities from the consequences of their own negligence and corporate greed.
Protecting Victims' Rights to Full Recovery
When a for-profit utility burns down your home, you should be made whole so that you can rebuild what was taken from you.
California law has long recognized that right — but utilities are lobbying hard to change it.
We are fighting to preserve every survivor's right to recover the full value of what they lost.
Transparent, Verified Wildfire Mitigation
California's for-profit utilities charge ratepayers billions of dollars each year for wildfire prevention.
Survivors deserve to know that money is actually being spent — and that the work is actually being done.
Fairness for Fire Victims supports independent audits, transparency, and public accountability for every dollar utilities collect for fire safety, so that ratepayers are not paying for prevention work that never happens.