Jane Kim
What this job does: Heads the Department of Insurance, which licenses and checks insurance companies, enforces insurance laws, and answers complaints about insurers. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Attorney/Consumer Advocate
- Lives in
- San Francisco
Background
- B.A. in political science and Asian American studies from Stanford University and J.D. from UC Berkeley. source: ballotpedia.org
- Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 6, 2011-2019. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the San Francisco Board of Education, including as board president. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as California and national political director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. source: insurancenewsnet.com
- Worked as a civil rights attorney and as a community organizer at the Chinatown Community Development Center. source: ballotpedia.org
- Ran for State Senate District 11 in 2016 and for Mayor of San Francisco in 2018. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- State-run "natural disaster insurance for all" program covering wildfire and flood risk source: laist.com
- "I think the FAIR Plan should exist, but we have to fix it" source: insurancenewsnet.com
- Freeze rates when a claim is filed and penalize delayed claims source: laist.com
- Publish a public claims dashboard source: laist.com
- Expand the low-cost auto insurance program to all drivers source: laist.com
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