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By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/25/2288709/-New-Report-on-Big-Oil-s-Front-Groups-in-California-Exposes-A-Decade-of-Deception The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the most powerful corporate lobbying group in California, has spent…
Nov 26, 2024By Jeff Collins, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS A report by the state’s Little Hoover Commission calls for action to stem the exodus…
Nov 25, 2024By Kenneth Araullo, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/legal-insights/california-insurance-ratesetting-under-fire-in-judges-decision-514349.aspx The Chief Administrative Law Judge (CALJ) of the California Department of Insurance has ruled that the agency’s…
Nov 19, 2024By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article295607014.html California Congressman John Garamendi has called on State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to either do his…
Nov 18, 2024By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/11/insurance-commissioner-lara-intervenes-in-rate-dispute-00189998?site=pro&prod=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=article&source=email SACRAMENTO, California — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is planning to settle a fight that could reshape how…
Nov 18, 2024
Congressman Garamendi is calling on CA Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to resign.
Nov 15, 2024By CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/11/14/lets-do-the-bi-op-again-00189758?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000&nlid=2745178 IT’S HAPPENING: It’s looking like Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is going to make his self-imposed deadline of Jan. 1 to…
Nov 15, 2024By Jordan Parker, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/he-leave-lawmaker-says-lara-fails-take-19917697.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email U.S. Rep. John Garamendi said in an interview with a Bay Area TV station that state Insurance…
Nov 15, 2024By Rob Nikolewski, MERCURY NEWS In a vote scheduled for Friday, the California Air Resources Board is expected to set stricter carbon…
Nov 4, 2024By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/1/2281679/-Big-Oil-spent-16-9-million-lobbying-California-officials-in-second-quarter-of-2024 Despite California’s “green” image, Big Oil continues to spend millions of dollars in lobbying California…
Nov 4, 2024BY Michael S. Fischer, PROPERTY CASUALTY 360 https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2024/10/31/consumer-group-state-farm-bungled-california-reinsurance/?slreturn=20241031150559 A Los Angeles-based advocacy group alleges that California’s State Farm General unnecessarily bought hundreds of…
Oct 31, 2024By Staff Reporters, 99.1 KBU – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Oct 30, 2024
Consumer Watchdog accuses State Farm of now trying to raise the rates by 30%, to offset costs, and then funnel money to…
Oct 29, 2024
The National Organization for Women, LA Times editorial board, and nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog oppose the measure.
Oct 29, 2024
Consumer Watchdog claims State Farm general has grossly overpaid its parent company for reinsurance over the past decade and is trying to…
Oct 29, 2024By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Oct 29, 2024By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-10-28/state-farm-general-mutual-reinsurance-rate-hike State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, is being accused of boosting the profits of its…
Oct 28, 2024By Russ Mitchell, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-18/another-refinery-shuts-down-in-california-what-happens-to-gas-prices California’s attempt to manage a smooth transition away from gasoline just got roughed up with this…
Oct 21, 2024