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Mercury News – Walters: California consumer price regulation often protects companies

We still don’t know if rates limits for PG&E, fire insurance and rent are working as we debate whether to expand them By Dan Walters,...

KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: There Has Been Outrageous Profiteering By Oil Companies

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

Politico – Giving Californians an out on AI

By Blake Jones, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2023/11/27/giving-californians-an-out-on-ai-00128791 With help from Alfred Ng TUNE IN, OPT OUT: Artificial intelligence can help decide whether you get a job, bank loan or housing — but such uses of...

KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: PG&E will not be facing any civil suits over spoiled food or even life-threatening situations that arose from past wild...

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

Insurance Business – California voters oppose insurance reforms, says Consumer Watchdog

Reforms labelled a "deregulation deal with insurers" By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/california-voters-oppose-insurance-reforms-says-consumer-watchdog-467078.aspx California voters oppose proposed reforms that would provide insurance companies more leeway to set...

Palo Alto Weekly – How California’s fire insurance woes are impacting Peninsula homeowners

By David Goll, PALO ALTO WEEKLY https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/11/16/how-californias-fire-insurance-woes-are-impacting-peninsula-homeowners Over the past decade, multiple destructive wildfires have ravaged California, creating an unprecedented homeowners insurance crisis both locally and...

The Press-Enterprise – LA City Hall scandals never go away

By The Editorial Board, PRESS-ENTERPRISE https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/11/16/la-city-hall-scandals-never-go-away/ There are new developments in some of the Los Angeles City Hall scandals, which continue to multiply like rabbits. Last Wednesday,...

Politico – Fire Fight

By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/11/15/climate-scientists-on-strike-00127501 FIRE FIGHT: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s main antagonist is out with a poll today throwing cold water on his plans to shore up...

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