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By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-car-insurance-19964552.php Drivers insured by State Farm can expect to see their rates rise by double digits for the second year…
Dec 9, 2024
By Jovi Dai, MERCURY NEWS With its rows of tidy two-story, tile-roofed, stucco-clad homes and neatly trimmed shrubs, Carolina Villaseca’s Brentwood neighborhood…
Dec 9, 2024
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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
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, 2024
By Jeff Collins, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS A report by the state’s Little Hoover Commission calls for action to stem the exodus…
Nov 25, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024