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By The Editorial Board of THE LOS ANGELES TIMES July 26, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-07-26/californians-deserve-better-from-ricardo-lara-top-insurance-regulator Ricardo Lara has served as insurance commissioner for not…
Jul 26, 2019By Paul A. Eisenstein, CNBC July 26, 2019 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/safety-groups-want-ftc-state-probes-of-teslas-autopilot-system.html Two consumer safety groups are calling for federal and state investigations of Tesla’s…
Jul 26, 2019Move comes after Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says he is recused from all cases involving Applied Underwriters By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN…
Jul 26, 2019Tesla maintains nothing wrong with the system By Michael Strong, THE DETROIT BUREAU July 26, 2019 Advocacy Groups Attack Tesla’s Use of…
Jul 26, 2019By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY July 25, 2019 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/25/18824969.php MCKITTRICK, CA — At a time when oil and gas drilling continues to expand in California, Governor…
Jul 25, 2019By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 25, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-city-attorney-feuer-mayor-dwp-case-threaten-20190715-story.html Four years ago, Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer cast himself as…
Jul 25, 2019By Steve Lopez, Columnist, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 24, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-23/dwp-investigation-city-hall The timing is perfect, isn’t it? Here come the most searing,…
Jul 24, 2019By Will Carruthers, THE NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN July 24, 2019 https://www.bohemian.com/northbay/juiced/Content?oid=9026523 As summer brought blue skies to the North Bay, a recent…
Jul 24, 2019By Jill Cowan, THE NEW YORK TIMES July 24, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/california-wildfire-season-insurance.html This week, my colleagues Thomas Fuller and Ivan Penn wrote about…
Jul 24, 2019By Dan Bacher, ALTERNET.ORG July 23, 2019 https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/california-water-politics-takes-a-weird-turn-fbi-raids-los-angeles-department-of-water-and-power-and-la-city-attorneys-office/ California water politics took a strange turn today when FBI agents raided multiple government offices, including…
Jul 23, 2019By The SACRAMENTO BEE Editorial Board July 23, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article232988522.html With the appearance of corruption threatening to undermine his legitimacy as California…
Jul 23, 2019By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – Capitol AM Alert July 23, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/site-services/newsletters/capitol-morning/article232979987.html The Sacramento Bee reported last week that Insurance Commissioner…
Jul 23, 2019By David Zahniser, Dakota Smith and Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 23, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-23/dwp-chief-david-wright-steps-down-fbi-raid-eric-garcetti Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on…
Jul 23, 2019By Sharon McNary, LAIST.COM July 22, 2019 https://laist.com/2019/07/22/ladwp_overbilling_scandal_the_fbi_just_raided_the_utility_and_the_city_attorneys_office.php FBI agents searched the downtown offices of the Los Angeles Department of Water and…
Jul 22, 2019By Jamie L. LaReau, DETROIT FREE PRESS July 22, 2019 https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/07/22/nhtsa-traffic-safety/1687462001/ The nation’s top vehicle safety watchdog lacks expertise to properly assess…
Jul 22, 2019Trying to do something without legal authority to do so is a bad look for a top state regulator By the Editorial…
Jul 22, 2019Ricardo Lara overruled his own judges and stayed orders in cases involving a workers comp company whose executives gave to his campaign…
Jul 20, 2019By Andy Rowell, OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL July 19, 2019 http://priceofoil.org/2019/07/19/after-firing-top-regulator-will-newsom-seize-his-chance-to-lead-california-off-of-oil/ The new Democratic Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is coming under pressure…
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