State Farm has chosen not to renew more than 2,300 policies in the North Bay and 72,000 in California overall. Most regions listed by the state Department of Insurance under a February filing from the company are where wildfires have occurred. The North Bay’s 2,311 policies that will not be renewed this year fall within the boundaries of 11 ZIP codes spanning from Angwin to Santa Rosa. According to Cal Fire, five of the largest wildfires in the state’s history have occurred since 2017.
