Accountability In The News

From the ballot box in California to the halls of Congress and Wall Street, several new initiatives would require more oversight of how the...

Los Angeles Times – Uber — a target of car crash lawsuits — pushes for law to limit California lawyer fees

By Rebecca Ellis, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-17/uber-personal-injury-lawsuits-california-law The long-simmering fight between some of L.A.'s best-known billboard attorneys and Uber, one of their most frequent targets, is...

Los Angeles Times Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist Michael Hiltzik: Uber is trying to snow voters with a supposedly pro-consumer ballot initiative. Don’t buy it

By Michael Hiltzik, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-01-16/uber-tries-to-snow-voters-with-supposedly-pro-consumer-ballot-initiative Uber loves to define itself as a most public-spirited company. “We’re reimagining how the world moves ... to help make transportation...

Daily Journal – Tens of millions raised as Uber, trial lawyers gird for 2026 ballot initiatives

By Malcom Maclachlan, DAILY JOURNAL CAOC-backed committees report massive fundraising totals as title and summary approvals allow competing ballot measures to move toward signature gathering. Plaintiffs'...

KTVU FOX 2: CW Sounding The Alarm Tonight As Uber Makes A Push For A New Ballot Measure

Original airing: https://youtu.be/8kLBIhKLy_E https://youtu.be/QWj7kQHubtQ

CAP Radio: More Than 200 Groups Have Signed A Letter To Congress Asking For A National Moratorium On New Data Centers

By Staff Reporters, Capitol Public Radio: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

Los Angeles Times – Foul-mouthed, brash and savvy: What to know about ex-Newsom aide tangled in a corruption probe

By Dakota Smith and Katie King, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-14/dana-williamson-newsom-aide-profile-federal-indictment The FBI was secretly listening last year when a high-ranking advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom unleashed a stream of...

Marketplace – Will U.S. consumers be able to get any of their tariff money back?

By Janet Nguyen, MARKETPLACE https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/13/will-us-consumers-be-able-to-get-any-of-their-tariff-money-back President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, which include tax rates of 10% to 50% on imports around the world, have raised about $120 billion so...

Los Angeles Times – Adults-only hotels are all over California. Are they even legal?

By Christopher Reynolds, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-03-18/adults-only-hotel-ban-children-is-it-legal Can hotels legally ban children? With spring breaks starting momentarily and summer vacations not far away, the question is puzzling a...

Office of Senator Tom Umberg – Umberg Introduces SB 82 to End Infinite Arbitration Clauses

By The Office of Senator Tom Umberg (Sacramento, CA)—Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced the introduction of Senate Bill 82, which aims to restrict...

KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: Trump Administration Has Ordered The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Its Work

By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

New York Port – LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office hit with scandals over hush money, bribes and accusations of ‘legalized corruption’

By Isabel Vincent, NEW YORK POST https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-office-hit-with-accusations-of-legalized-corruption Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass got into office promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and promising to tackle homelessness and...

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Hotels & Event Ticket Vendors Won’t Be Able To Hide Those Junk Fees Before Checkout Anymore

By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

K-Hits 104.9 (KDHT) – San Francisco, CA: Two New State Laws Could Soon Offer Stronger Protections For Banking Customers

By Staff Reporters, K-HITS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

KTLA-LA (CW) – Los Angeles, CA: What To Know About California Prop 34

The National Organization for Women, LA Times editorial board, and nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog oppose the measure.

KNTV-SF (NBC) – San Francisco, CA: Tesla’s Self-Driving System Under Investigation

Consumer Watchdog says the technology isn't quite there to be fully autonomous.

Mother Jones – California’s Rent Control Ban Hits Disabled Tenants Hardest

By Julia Métraux, MOTHER JONES https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/california-proposition-33-34-rent-control-landlords/ California’s statewide rent control law, the Costa-Hawkins Act, has been contentious since it was signed into law in 1995. California politicians saw...

CalMatters – ‘Notoriously slow:’ Lengthy investigations into California politicians leave voters in the dark

BY YUE STELLA YU AND JEREMIA KIMELMAN, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/campaign-finance-california-fppc-enforcement/ A $1,044 outing at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub. A $1,316 meal at a Los Angeles steak and seafood restaurant. A...

KNTV-SF (NBC) – San Francisco, CA: Consumer Watchdog Opposes Prop 34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ0ZBLmkawQ

Politico – Sactown Squabbles

By DUSTIN GARDINER and LARA KORTE, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/10/07/lisa-middleton-isnt-talking-about-making-history-00182662 A newly resurfaced video has reignited a feud between two of Sacramento’s feistiest political actors. Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, is...

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Federal Trade Commission Set To Authorize A Study Ordering Major Grocery Store Chains To Provide Information On Their Costs

By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

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