Founder & Editor
Pedro Mendoza is the founder and editor-in-chief of QuoteMoto News. He built QuoteMoto's California auto insurance comparison platform and oversees all editorial coverage of California insurance regulation, carrier moves, and rate trends. Based in San Diego, California, he reports in both English and Spanish.
Across QuoteMoto's 248 California auto quotes from the second half of 2025 through May 2026, Northern California ZIPs dominated the cheapest-quote ranking. Sample sizes are small. The pattern is still worth reporting.
By Pedro Mendoza
The first major California carrier reduction in years took effect May 8. We pulled 248 California auto quotes from our own 2026 platform to see what drivers are actually being quoted, and what to do about it.
By Pedro Mendoza
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's strategy is reshaping the California insurance market through a coverage-for-modeling tradeoff. The pattern across nine approvals reveals how shoppers should think about it.
By Pedro Mendoza
Attorney General Bonta's May 11 settlement bans OnStar driving-data sales for five years. The case puts a federal-style precedent behind what California insurance law already prohibits.
By Pedro Mendoza
Farmers becomes the ninth carrier approved under Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's Sustainable Insurance Strategy. The new auto plan reshapes pricing for California drivers who also carry homeowners coverage.
By Pedro Mendoza
The May 4 enforcement action targets State Farm General over how it handled 2025 wildfire claims. For auto policyholders watching the same brand, it sets a pattern Commissioner Lara is willing to prosecute.
By Pedro Mendoza