​​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 6th, 2025

​Contact: Austin Gilbert

Email: [email protected]

Statement on Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s Misuse of Public Funds

​SACRAMENTO, CA — California’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has shown a stunning disregard for the people he’s supposed to serve. As families across the state struggle to keep up with skyrocketing premiums and an unstable insurance market, Lara has been jetting off on taxpayer-funded vacations — including stays at five-star resorts, limo rides, and even an African safari.

​While Californians are choosing between rent, groceries, and their next insurance payment, the very official tasked with fixing this crisis is billing them for luxury travel around the world. This isn’t just poor judgment — it’s a betrayal of public trust.

​Democratic leaders in Sacramento have spent years promising to tackle California’s insurance crisis and skyrocketing cost of living. But instead of solutions, all we’ve gotten is failed leadership — and Ricardo Lara on vacation while families fall further behind. Californians deserve a commissioner focused on stabilizing the market and protecting consumers — not someone padding their frequent flyer miles on the public’s dime.

​Ricardo Lara has made his priorities clear, and they don’t include the people of California. If he’d rather spend his time on vacation than doing his job, then he should step aside and pursue that full time. It’s time for Lara to resign.