They said if I can get coverage through AAA, that will be the lowest cost coverage for sure. But they're going to try to get quotes from the few left doing this coverage in CA. They are now taking up to 15 days to get back on it.
If I'm interpreting what I heard correctly (or heard it correctly), they are also balky about older cars because they don't get all the spyware (my term) they get in modern cars.