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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.

KFMB CW – San Diego, CA: Proposed $25 Billion Supermarket Mega-Merger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDioz7U2RIk&feature=youtu.be

Reuters – Consumer activists, experts advise against buying ZTE phones

By Jim Finkle, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1HQ38Q Consumer activists and technology experts are advising consumers to hold off on buying Android handsets from China's ZTE until the company clarifies...

North Bay Biz – Legislature walks back ‘honest pricing law’ for restaurants

By Jason Walsh, NORTH BAY BIZ https://www.northbaybiz.com/2024/07/02/legislature-walks-back-honest-pricing-law-for-restaurants We’ve all been there: When that $12 burger shows up on the receipt as a surprising $25 splurge after...

Cal Matters – Who are the wealthiest California legislators? Good question.

By Jeremia Kimelman, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/california-legislator-stock-investment Four legislators reported at least $1 million invested in the stock market in 2023, but California's limited disclosure laws don't provide...

News Tribune – Travel price tags may soon spike in California — and it’s a good thing

By Tribune News Service https://www.newstribune.com/news/2024/jun/30/travel-price-tags-may-soon-spike-in-california If you're making travel plans for summer or fall, brace yourself for a jump in some advertised prices -- which is, believe...

The Los Angeles Times – Hotel and Airbnb price tags may soon spike. For travelers, that’s a good thing

By Christopher Reynolds, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-06-18/california-law-sb-478-hotels-rentals-airbnb-prices-junk-fees If you’re making travel plans for summer or fall, brace yourself for a jump in some advertised prices — which...

Daily Journal – State Bar action is overdue in city attorney corruption scandal

By DAILY JOURNAL https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/379087-state-bar-action-is-overdue-in-city-attorney-corruption-scandal The State Bar of California is confronting its most significant test yet in proving its reformation efforts. This comes as the FBI...

Los Angeles Times – Restaurants may be able to keep service fees if menu shows the charges

By Jon Healey, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-06/restaurants-may-be-able-to-keep-service-fees-if-menu-shows-the-charges#:~:text=Under%20the%20proposal%20by%20Sen,%2C%20“clearly%20and%20conspicuously.” A new state law to prohibit hidden surcharges and other "junk fees" tacked onto customers' bills is slated to go into effect...

Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) – Los Angeles, CA: Increase In Parking Tickets At SoCal Parks

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

Cal Matters – The cost to inform California voters? $118,000 a page for official guide

By Sameea Kamal, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/05/california-election-voter-guide-cost/ What’s the cost of democracy in California?  If we calculate that based just on the pages informing the state’s 22 million...

Whittier Daily News – Did Mike Feuer tell investigators the whole truth?

By Susan Shelley, WHITTIER DAILY NEWS https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2024/05/22/did-mike-feuer-tell-investigators-the-whole-truth/ In February, former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer acknowledged to the editorial board of this newspaper that he...

KGO-SF (ABC) – San Francisco, CA: Skin Care Shop Complaints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-3aSebVHzM
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