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The San Diego Union Tribune – Consumer Group Appeals Court Loss In Dispute Over State Insurance Records

By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-02-28/consumer-watchdog-appeal-insurance-records-lara The Los Angeles advocacy group that unsuccessfully sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of...

Cal Matters – Could Public Records Act Be Made More Useful?

By Dan Walters, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/02/could-public-records-act-be-made-more-useful/ California's Public Records Act, signed by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1968, gives the public the legal right to examine governmental...

KABC-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA; Consumer Watchdog Urges Mayor Karen Bass To Protect Consumers From Digital Advertisment Tracking

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

The Los Angeles Times – Bass’ New Chief Of Staff Will Avoid Olympics Issues For A Year. Critics Aren’t Satisfied

By Dakota Smith, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-12/bass-chief-of-staff-chris-thompson-olympics Months before he became chief of staff to Mayor Karen Bass, Chris Thompson was a registered lobbyist at...

The Sacramento Bee – Newsom Wants To Tackle High Gas Prices With A New Tax. Here’s Why It Might Not Be Easy

By Maggie Angst, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article267851087.html Nearly a month after California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a new tax on "greedy" oil companies charging high gas prices...

Background Briefing – Oil Company Extortion in California as Consumers Pay Twice as Much Per Gallon as the Rest of the Country

By Ian Masters, BACKGROUND BRIEFING Click here to listen to this podcast. Then with consumers in California paying twice as much per gallon as the rest...

Associated Press – Newsom Relaxes Refinery Rules As California Gas Prices Soar

By Kathleen Ronanyne, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/business-california-gavin-newsom-prices-climate-and-environment-89cd3bae962a0b417c54eb2bd99ac04f SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that oil refineries could start selling more polluting winter-blend...

The Sacramento Bee – Consumer Watchdog Asks Newsom For A Special Session On Gas Prices

By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article266426446.html As California continues to struggle with high gas prices, one advocacy group is calling on the governor...

San Francisco Chronicle – Advocates Warn Bottle-Recycling Bill Could Give Millions To One Wine Company In California

By Dustin Gardiner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE August 30, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Advocates-warn-bottle-recycling-bill-could-give-17408605.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result   California legislators are on the verge of passing a bill to overhaul the state’s ailing bottle-deposit program, but the...

The Sacramento Bee – California Lawmakers Use Secretive Process To Kill Would-Be Laws: ‘Where Good Bills Go To Die’

By Andrew Sheeler, Lindsey Holden, and Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT August 16, 2022 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article264432901.html Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, R-San Luis Obispo, went into the last...

Workers Compensation – Legislature “Suspends” Bill Triggered by Insurance Commissioner Scandal

By Staff Reporters, WORKERS COMPENSATION https://www.workerscompensation.com/news_read.php?id=41708 San Francisco,CA (WorkCompAcademy) - Suspense day" at the California Legislature on Thursday saw several key bills killed while others moved...

The Sacramento Bee – FPPC Investigates Ricardo Lara

By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT June 1, 2022 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article261982260.html California’s election watchdog is investigating Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and four political committees: Ricardo Lara...

The Los Angeles Times – Column: Everyone Wins In Compromise To Increase Malpractice Payouts — Especially Victims

Column by George Skelton, LOS ANGELES TIMES May 9, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-09/skelton-malpractice-cap-deal-california SACRAMENTO — It’s being called the Sacramento equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling. Or a Middle East peace...

The Los Angeles Times – ELECTION 2022: An Independent Regulator – Marc Levine Would Be An Insurance Commissioner For The People — And The Planet.

By The LOS ANGELES TIMES Editorial Board April 28, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-04-28/marc-levine-endorsement-insurance-commissioner Ricardo Lara’s first year as California insurance commissioner — the elected office charged with regulating the state’s...

The Los Angeles Times – California’s Malpractice Payouts Would Rise Under A Deal To Avoid A Costly Ballot Fight

By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES April 27, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-27/california-malpractice-payouts-would-rise-under-deal-to-avoid-costly-ballot-fight SACRAMENTO — Cash payments in California medical malpractice cases would go up for the first time in nearly five...

The Daily Breeze – Inspector General Hired To Monitor LADWP, Amid FBI Corruption Probe

The role is being filled nearly three years after FBI raid at LADWP headquarters and other offices. By Elizabeth Chou, THE DAILY BREEZE April 11, 2022 https://www.dailybreeze.com/2022/04/11/inspector-general-hired-to-monitor-ladwp-amid-fbi-corruption-probe/ Nearly...

KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA: LADWP Billing Scandal Meeting Report Implicates City Attorney Mike Feuer’s Involvement

By Natalie Savidian, KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA April 5, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Jamie Court with...

Editorial: Government Emails Are Public Records. Deleting Them Too Quickly Is Not OK

EDITORIAL by the LOS ANGELES TIMES Editorial Board March 28, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-03-28/editorial-california-public-records-delete-emails A fundamental principle of a free and open society is that citizens have a right...

Auto-Delete State Workers’ Emails? Some Departments Scrap Records In As Little As 90 Days

By Wes Venteicher, SACRAMENTO BEE March 23, 2022 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article259638169.html When the California Department of Insurance announced a plan to start deleting employees’ emails automatically after 180 days,...

KXJZ-FM Capitol Public Radio, Sacramento, CA: New Bill Aims To Force Oil Refiners To Open Books

By Staff Reporters, KXJZ-FM Capitol Public Radio, Sacramento, CA March 14, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.  Consumer advocates support CA...

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