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Insurers Can’t Avoid Offering Premium Discounts to Good Drivers by Creating Bogus Club Memberships

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An auto insurance company must offer its lowest rate to all good drivers, and can’t hide behind so-called club memberships in order to overcharge...

State Farm Rate Hike Request Goes To Public Hearing 

Consumer Watchdog Testifies, Calls on CA Lawmakers to Require Insurance Companies to Cover Fire Victims Who Build Back Better

Watchdog to Lara: State Farm Exec’s Startling Admission About Orchestrating Rate Hike Request Through Cancelled Coverage Should Be Disqualifying For Emergency Request

Rate Hike Challenge Saves $25 Million for General Ins. Co. Homeowner Policyholders

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Consumer Watchdog Calls On CA Senators To Pledge to Leave Public Office If Their Vote For Pathways Western Grid Leads Trump’s FERC To Invalidate...

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Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog wrote to California State Senators today warning them that a pending proposal, SB 540 (Becker) to create a Western...

New 2024 CA Oil Drilling Permits Drop to 73 As Groups Reveal Oil Regulators Halved Bonding for State’s Now Biggest Onshore Oil Well Operator

Oil Driller Sues to Invalidate Landmark Law Closing Down Dangerous LA Oil Field

Groups Petition CalRecyle To Stop Overpaying Haulers For Contaminated Material

Overwhelming Majority Of New Drilling Permit Approvals In 3rd Quarter 2024 Are For Extreme Extraction Techniques; Groups Call on Regulators To End Such Approvals

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NEWS RELEASE: Surveillance Pricing Bill Advances

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AB 446, which proposes a ban on surveillance pricing, advances to the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

California Privacy Agency Goes After the Auto Industry

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Consumer Alert Shows Need to Pass New Bill on Surveillance Pricing

Surveillance Pricing Would Be Illegal Under Newly Proposed California Bill

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Surveillance Pricing is Up to Us Now

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California’s Central Valley is the Focus of a $17 Million Investment in Improving Maternity Outcomes for Medi-Cal Members

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Consumer Watchdog turned its attention to the urgent maternal mortality crisis in California's Central Valley 5 years ago during the Micra cap campaign. Throughout...

Reform of Medical Malpractice Cap Is Working, Support Patient Protection

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California Medical Board Proposes Legislation to Recreate Failed Program that Kept Doctor Substance Abuse Secret from Regulators and Public 

California Medical Board Votes to Back Legislation to Reduce Accountability, Increase Secrecy for Substance Abusing Doctors 

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California Attorney General’s Office and Osteopathic Medical Board of California Files Charges Against Bakersfield OB/GYN

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Insurers Can’t Avoid Offering Premium Discounts to Good Drivers by Creating Bogus Club Memberships

Justin Kloczko -
An auto insurance company must offer its lowest rate to all good drivers, and can’t hide behind so-called club memberships in order to overcharge...

State Farm Rate Hike Request Goes To Public Hearing 

Watchdog to Lara: State Farm Exec’s Startling Admission About Orchestrating Rate Hike Request Through Cancelled Coverage Should Be Disqualifying For Emergency Request

Rate Hike Challenge Saves $25 Million for General Ins. Co. Homeowner Policyholders

Consumer Watchdog Opposes State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike Following Meeting with Insurance Commissioner Lara

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Fire Relief for Ellen & Ken

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Ellen Snortland has been a volunteer board member for Consumer Watchdog since 1985, when the organization began. She and her husband Ken Gruberman lost their...

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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Personal Data Used To Target Shoppers
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KCBA (FOX) - Monterey, CA: CA Bill Aims To Put An End To Surveillance Price Gouging
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Home Insurance Crisis
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KLAS-LV (CBS) - Las Vegas, NV: Surveillance Pricing
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KIRO-SEA (CBS) - Seattle, WA: CA Lawmakers Consider Bill On Price Gouging
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: State Senate Considers Price Gouging Bill
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Commissioner Lara's Trip Questioned
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Insurance Commissioner's Trip In Question
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: April 8 Hearing On State Farm Rate Hike
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KCBA (FOX) - Monterey, CA: Response To Provisional Rate Hike For State Farm
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KFMB CW - San Diego, CA: Tentative Approval For State Farm Rate Hike
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KMPH-FRES (FOX) - Fresno, CA: State Farm To Justify Rate Hike Request
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KOVR-SAC (CBS) - Sacramento, CA: Home Insurance Premium Hike On The Horizon?
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KNTV-SF (NBC) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Insurance Rate Hike
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Rate Hike Gets Initial Okay
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: Leaked Undercover Video Of State Farm Exec
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KCBA (FOX) - Monterey, CA: Video Prompts Investigation Into State Farm
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KCBA (FOX) - Monterey, CA: State Farm Could Face Civil and Criminal Repercussions
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Calls For Investigation Into State Farm Insurance Part 2
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Calls For Investigation Into State Farm Insurance
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KNTV-SF (NBC) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Emergency Rate Hike
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: CA Considers State Farm Rate Increase Request
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KMPH-FRES (FOX) - Fresno, CA: More Fees For Home Insurers
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KHSL-CR (CBS) - Chico/Redding, CA: Insurance Rate Dilemma
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Consumer Alert: Surveillance Pricing
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KNTV-SF (NBC) - San Francisco, CA: Rate Hike From State Farm Shot Down By CA Regulator
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KNVN-CR (NBC) - Chico/Redding, CA: State Farm's Rate Hike Denied
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KGTV-SD (ABC) - San Diego, CA: State Farm's Rate Hike Rejected
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KCBS-LA (CBS) - Los Angeles, CA: State Farm Rate Hike Questions
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KOVR-SAC (CBS) - Sacramento, CA: State Farm Rate Hike Request Denied
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Spectrum News 1 - Los Angeles, CA: A Year After Devastating Mudslides Consumer Watchdog's
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Understanding Your Home Insurance Policies
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: Paying Out Wildfire Insurance Claims
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KABC-LA (ABC) - Los Angeles, CA: CA Insurance Billion Dollar Bailout
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: CA "Fair" Plan Short $1B In Wildfire Payouts
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: CA Fair Plan Hit Insurers $1B For LA Fires
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KMPH-FRES (FOX) - Fresno, CA: CA Needs Additional $1 Billion For Wildfire Claims
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KMPH-FRES (FOX) - Fresno, CA: What's Next For Home Insurance In CA
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KMPH-FRES (FOX) - Fresno, CA: State Farm Rate Increase Request
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KTTV-LA (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA: Prices Are being Adjusted Based On Your Shopping Habits
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: Public Safety Power Shutoffs
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KNTV-SF (NBC) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Requests Increase After L.A. Wildfires
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Rate Hike Request
04:11
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Home Insurance Rates Rising After Fires
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KTTV-LA (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA: State Farm Wants a 22% Hike On Homeowners Insurance
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Cost of Wildfires
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KFMB-SD (CBS) - San Diego, CA: State Farm Requesting 22% Rate Increase
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) - Sacramento, CA: State Farm Seeks Emergency 22% Rate Hike
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Insurance Rate Hike Request
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: State Farm Requests 'Emergency' Rate Hike
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