Jones

Filed 4/8/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA B248622

INSURANCE COMPANIES et al., (Los Angeles County Plaintiffs and Respondents, Super. Ct. No. BC463124)

v.

DAVE JONES, as Commissioner, etc.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Gregory Wilson Alarcon, Judge. Affirmed. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Senior Assistant Attorney General, W. Dean Freeman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Lisa W. Chao, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Appellant. Amy Bach, Daniel Wade; Kerr & Wagstaffe and Ivo Michael Labar for United Policyholders, Scripps Ranch Civic Association and Rancho Bernardo Community Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant. Greenberg Traurig, Gene Gordon Livingston, Gregory Sperla and Stephen E. Paffrath for Plaintiffs and Respondents. This appeal asks us to decide whether the Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner) had authority to promulgate California Code of Regulations, title 10, section 2695.183 (the…