California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara wants the prospective rate hike discussed at a public hearing in April before he formally approves it.

Lara’s conditions are that State Farm, the state’s biggest provider of homeowners insurance, commit to pause canceling and not renewing policies through the end of this year. He also is asking that its parent company,

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has provisionally accepted State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22% rate hike. State Farm, the state’s largest home insurer, made this request due to the company’s “dire” financial situation after the deadly and destructive Los Angeles County wildfires.