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By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=ea9268cb43f55d1d12380fb6ea5bf572.1936&s=094c30deddea3da9ec06955877a782e6 California’s Insurance Department will soon implement new regulations to address the home insurance crisis that the state’s…
Dec 6, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/12/05/a-christmas-gift-for-california-oil-refiners-00192953?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000&nlid=2745178 CHECK BACK IN SPRING: Oil refiners’ profits are safe, at least for now, from the California Energy Commission.…
Dec 6, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/12/energy-commission-delays-decision-on-profit-cap-for-oil-refiners-00192927?site=pro&prod=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=article&source=email SACRAMENTO, California — The California Energy Commission is delaying a decision it planned to make this month…
Dec 6, 2024By Staff Reporters, KGO-AM – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Part 1 Part 2
Dec 4, 2024
Is Ricardo Lara's insurance plan of action on the side of consumers or insurers? ABC 7 news reporter Stephanie Sierra holds the…
Dec 4, 2024By Jon Cox, BAKERSFIELD.COM https://www.bakersfield.com/news/grove-bill-would-apply-ethics-standard-to-oil-imports/article_47b233b8-b1a4-11ef-b981-1b547f2bff04.html Policy positions long advocated by Kern County’s petroleum industry would come to the fore under a bill…
Dec 3, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/11/27/lawmakers-want-to-have-their-thanksgiving-pie-and-eat-it-too-00192002 SENTINEL STRIKES BACK: The operator of the largest urban oil field in California is suing the state over…
Dec 2, 2024By Tony Briscoe, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-28/inglewood-oil-field-owner-sues-california The owner of the Inglewood Oil Field is suing the state of California in an…
Dec 2, 2024By 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, 2024