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By 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…
Jul 19, 2019By Staff Writers, KSRO 1350 AM Sonoma, CA July 19, 2019 https://www.ksro.com/2019/07/19/commissioner-lara-refuses-to-disclose-business-records/ California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is refusing to disclose records…
Jul 19, 2019By Staff Writers, INSURANCE JOURNAL July 18, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/07/18/532770.htm A watchdog group has given California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara until July 31…
Jul 18, 2019By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE July 18, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article232739462.html An advocacy group is demanding that California’s insurance commissioner release records about his…
Jul 18, 2019By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY July 18, 2019 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/18/18824825.php “We have lost all faith in the ability of DOGGR to do its job…
Jul 18, 2019By Zack Tawatari , SPECTRUM NEWS 1 LA July 17, 2019 https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/news/2019/07/17/culver-city-residents-fear-inglewood-oil-field-isn-t-safe CULVER CITY, Calif. – It’s prime real estate in Culver…
Jul 17, 2019Governor Newsom fires top regulator for being too chummy with industry By Judith Lewis Mernit, SIERRA MAGAZINE July 15, 2019 https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/gavin-newsom-oil-clampdown-doggr-ken-harris On…
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