As officials race to get the California wild fires under control, the politics of disaster relief already looms large for both political parties.

The state of California announced a one-year moratorium on the cancellation or non-renewal of homeowners insurance policies in zip codes affected by the Los Angeles-area wildfires.

In 2019, the number of homeowners’ policies in California that were not renewed jumped by more than thirty per cent. In 2023, two giant insurers, State Farm and Allstate, announced that they would stop writing new policies for various forms of property insurance in California.

Trump issued a fiery volley against Gov. Newsom, blaming him for the fires, and has said before that he'll cut wildfire funds to California.

"This is the most widespread, devastating fire in California's history," Biden said as he convened the meeting. Trump has used the wildfires to attack Biden and California Democra