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Justin Kloczko writes about tech, energy and insurance for Consumer Watchdog. He’s covered privacy issues extensively, including data collection, privacy rights and legislation, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and surveillance pricing.
 
He’s a recovering daily newspaper reporter with experience covering local government, education, and the criminal justice system at the Hartford Advocate, Middletown Press, and  Manchester Journal Inquirer. His work has appeared in Vice, Daily Beast, The New Republic, KCRW and Los Angeles Magazine.
 
While covering civil litigation at the Los Angeles Daily Journal he won LA Press Club awards for his stories detailing corruption at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The stories led to the criminal prosecutions of multiple city officials. Justin also authored The Debaser, an independent newsletter about LA culture and politics that garnered him an appearance on the ABC/Hulu documentary about disgraced plaintiff’s attorney Tom Girardi called “The Housewife and the Hustler.”
Energy

Californians fault Bush energy proposal

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The Associated Press

Many Californians, struggling with sharply higher gasoline prices and rising electricity rates, found little comfort in President Bush's national energy plan released Thursday.

Energy

Legislators to tackle utility crisis

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They insist gifts from industry won't sway them

Sacramento Bee

When the state Legislature begins its new session in earnest this week, the utility companies and electricity generators at odds over the state's power woes will be familiar faces at the Capitol

Healthcare

The California Patient Guide: Your Health Care Rights and Remedies

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Read and/or download the guide at this link: http://www.calpatientguide.org/

Insurance

ZIP code OK in figuring insurance rate, court says

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Sacramento Bee

Auto insurers can heavily weigh where a person lives in setting their insurance rates, a state appellate court said Friday in a decision that could mean differences of hundreds of dollars in yearly premiums.

Energy

NATURAL GAS SUPPLIERS ARE REFUSING TO SELL TO PG&E

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UTILITY SAYS THE COMPANIES FEAR IT MAY NOT HAVE MONEY FOR FUTURE CONTRACTS. IT IS ASKING STATE FOR RATE HIKES.

Los Angeles Times

More than 15 natural gas suppliers are refusing to sell gas to cash-squeezed Pacific Gas & Electric beyond their current contracts for fear they won't be paid, the utility said Friday

Insurance

COURT SAYS INSURERS CAN USE ZIP CODES TO SET AUTO RATES

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RULING SAYS WHERE A MOTORIST LIVES, NOT DRIVING RECORD, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN GAUGING RISK OF LOSS.

Los Angeles Times

A state appeal court Friday upheld the right of insurers to use ZIP Codes to set auto insurance rates in California--dealing a setback to consumer advocates' hopes of lowering rates for urban motorists.

Insurance

Auto insurers may use customer’s address to calculate premiums

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The Associated Press

A state appeals court ruled late Friday that auto insurers can calculate premiums based on where a customer lives, setting the stage for a potential California Supreme Court showdown.

Energy

Utilities, consumers, governor ponder looming rate hike

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The Associated Press

State regulators have given electrical utilities extra time to show their financial hardship merits a significant rate hike for 24 million Californians.

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