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By 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…
Jul 15, 2019By Nick Cunningham, OILPRICE.COM July 15, 2019 https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Fracking-Under-Fire-In-California.html Fracking for oil and gas in California is about to get a lot more…
Jul 15, 2019By Kathleen Pender, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 13, 2019 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/How-will-the-new-wildfire-insurance-fund-affect-14092764.php If you’re wondering how the landmark wildfire bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed…
Jul 13, 2019By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY.ORG July 13, 2019 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/13/18824655.php The announcement of Ken Harris’ firing came several hours after two watchdog groups, Consumer…
Jul 13, 2019By Dan Morain & Barbara Harvey, CALMATTERS.ORG July 12, 2019 https://calmatters.org/newsletter/fire-water-ricardo-laras-money-poking-trump-and-tom-steyer-platform/ Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has promised to return $53,000 in insurance-related…
Jul 13, 2019By Phil Willon, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 12, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gavin-newsom-oil-fracking-20190712-story.html Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday defended firing California’s top oil industry regulator…
Jul 12, 2019By Debra Kahn, POLITICO PRO July 12, 2019 SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday fired the head of the state’s oil and…
Jul 12, 2019By Alexei Koseff, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 12, 2019 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-fires-California-official-who-OKd-14092017.php SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom has fired the head of California’s oil…
Jul 12, 2019By Sophia Bollag, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT July 12, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article232599842.html California Gov. Gavin Newsom a day after firing the state’s…
Jul 12, 2019By Kathleen Ronayne and Andrew Oxford, ASSOCIATED PRESS July 12, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he…
Jul 12, 2019The legislation establishes a $21 billion fund that power companies can access for damages related to utility-caused wildfires. By Rob Nickolewski, SAN…
Jul 12, 2019By the Editorial Board, SANTA ROSA PRESS-DEMOCRAT July 12, 2019 https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/9790544-181/thumbs-down-ricardo-laras-broken When he ran for state insurance commissioner last year, Democrat Ricardo…
Jul 12, 2019By Andrew Oxford, ASSOCIATED PRESS July 12, 2019 Gov. Newsom orders firing of California’s top oil, gas regulator over fracking permits SACRAMENTO …
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