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Michael Rothfeld of the LA Times recently highlighted Governor Schwarzenegger's many public appearances this year on behalf of his donors. Nothing new…
Dec 16, 2008Google's corporate motto is still "Don't be evil", but folks just don't trust the Internet...
Dec 16, 2008Yesterday's Washington Post eliminated another pretense of accountability for companies taking the billions in taxpayer money Congress has thrown at Wall Street...
Dec 16, 2008The Wall Street Journal touched off a debate Monday in an article suggesting that Internet giant ...
Dec 16, 2008SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- California's Insurance Department wants to change the rules that consumer activists say will stop protection for California consumers.…
Dec 12, 2008Ethics Commission Tightens Rules on Municipal Employees Accepting Tickets to Concerts, Sport Events. The new rules "should reduce the number of tickets,…
Dec 12, 2008I was surprised today when Internet giant Google today removed the "Beta" or test label from its new Chrome browser. Four-year-old Gmail…
Dec 12, 2008I know that the insurance industry likes to operate in the dark. It took a voter revolt at the ballot box and…
Dec 11, 2008Rules Would Apply to All Ballot Measure Funds Controlled by Elected Officials Santa Monica, CA -- Political reform advocates at Consumer Watchdog…
Dec 11, 2008The state Fair Political Practices Commission today will consider a new regulation that would require a candidate-controlled ballot measure committee such as…
Dec 11, 2008AT&T and L.A. City Hall Quietly Lead a National Push to Silence the Little Guy For 19 years, Judy Dugan worked at…
Dec 11, 2008Carmen Balber, an advocate with Consumer Watchdog who wrote to the fair practices panel in support of the regulation, was at Thursday's…
Dec 11, 2008John Simpson, of the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica, had proposed Klein's salary be capped at $200,000, about the same amount…
Dec 11, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Less than 15% of U.S. voters support, and 53% oppose, a proposal pushed by health insurers requiring every…
Dec 11, 2008The board had earlier established a full-time pay range for the CIRM chairman position at $275,000 to $508,750. Klein had requested that…
Dec 10, 2008(Click here to listen to audio of the radio broadcast of this segment.) Washington's 340 think tanks are hurting from new lows…
Dec 10, 2008Google's arch-rival, Mircrosoft, has just announced it will anonymize all private data it collects during online searches after six months if its…
Dec 9, 2008On Nov. 4, Alicia Messinger was strong enough to return home from the hospital, but a month later, she's still waiting for…
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