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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.”
Insurance

Ouster of PUC Official Sought — Attorney General Bill Lockyer approved the ‘quo warranto’ suit against PUC member Henry Duque.

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San Francisco Daily Journal

SAN FRANCISCO - A state public utilities commissioner should be ousted because he bought stock in a company he regulates, a government watchdog group claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday. In a rare quo warranto lawsuit targeting a state official, t

Energy

Nader, utilities clash at PUC: Power firms seek double-digit hikes

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The Sacramento Bee

SAN FRANCISCO -- With national focus on California's electricity crisis growing, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. began notifying customers that it wants to boost their electric bills up to 40 percent by the end of 2001.

Energy

Let debt-ridden utilities go bankrupt, says Nader

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PG&E aide labels idea irresponsible

San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO -- Consumer activist Ralph Nader stepped into the battle over California's failed electrical deregulation yesterday, urging the state to allow Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison to go bankrupt.

Healthcare

Groups Offer Health-Care Guide Online

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Californians struggling to find their way through the managed-care quagmire now have help on the World Wide Web. Over the last two years, landmark state legislation has revamped managed-care consumer rights in California. To help patients understand w

Insurance

EDISON SEEKS OK FOR 2 YEARS OF RATE HIKES

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THE COMPANY'S PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW INCREASES EVERY SIX MONTHS. THE CUMULATIVE BOOST COULD BE AS HIGH AS 76%

Los Angeles Times

In addition to demanding an immediate 30% increase in electricity rates, Southern California Edison is asking the state Public Utilities Commission for the right to continue raising bills for the next two years, officials said Thursday.

First Of Its Kind Guide Available Via Internet at www.calpatientguide.org

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Advocates Release New California HMO Patient Guide

California patients facing problems with their HMO, concerns over their medical privacy, or questions about their rights under new state HMO reform laws can now turn to an interactive Internet guide for help.

CA Court of Appeal Upholds Quackenbush Rules Allowing Zip-Code Based Auto Rates;

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Consumer Group Decries Reasoning, Vows Appeal

The California Court of Appeal has reinstated rules issued by former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush which permit insurers to charge motorists premiums based on where they live rather than how they drive.

Consumer Group Files Suit in S.F. Superior Court To Remove Commissioner Duque From PUC for Conflict of Interest

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With official permission from the Attorney General, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights filed a lawsuit today in the name of the People of the State of California to remove PUC Commissioner Henry Duque from office. The complaint alleges that

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