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By Cameron Kiszla, YAHOO! NEWS https://news.yahoo.com/more-could-become-public-years-152841449.html As Election Day grows ever closer, one candidate for Congress is facing the possibility of new…
Feb 22, 2024
Consumer Watchdog and the LA Times filed a request to unseal the documents to see if former city attorney Mike Feuer might…
Feb 22, 2024By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 22, 2024By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-22/l-a-times-and-consumer-group-ask-judge-to-unseal-records-in-dwp-scandal#:~:text=The%20Los%20Angeles%20Times%20and,Department%20of%20Water%20and%20Power. The Los Angeles Times and Consumer Watchdog asked a federal court Wednesday to unseal evidence…
Feb 22, 2024By John Woolfolk, THE MERCURY NEWS Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is kicking off his planned overhaul of California’s insurance market rules this…
Feb 17, 2024By Clare Fonstein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/allstate-car-insurance-18665199.php# After pausing its direct sale of auto insurance policies in California, Allstate is back, but…
Feb 15, 2024By Megan Quinn, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/02/calrecycle-director-to-step-down-00141319 Rachel Machi Wagoner, director of CalRecycle, will step down from the role on March 5, she announced…
Feb 14, 2024By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/02/big-gas-and-big-oil-spent-record-27.html Chevron topped fossil fuel lobbying expenses with $11.3 million in 2023 Big Oil and Big…
Feb 13, 2024By Thomas Elias, THE MERCURY NEWS For many years, California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for…
Feb 13, 2024By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article284935592.html Allstate wants to raise the average price of its home insurance policies by almost 40% for…
Feb 12, 2024By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/prop-24-data-privacy-18659367.php Californians can now enforce a ballot measure that seeks to protect privacy rights by allowing…
Feb 9, 2024By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/8/2222210/-CRC-Ploy-To-Buy-Aera-Is-Way-To-Avoid-Plugging-Idle-Wells-Extending-Life-Of-Depleted-Oil-Fields?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=community_groups_California+politics&pm_medium=web Los Angeles, CA— Oil companies and other big corporations base their operations on a model of privatizing the…
Feb 8, 2024By Makenna Sievertson, LA IST https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/leaky-roof-guide-tips The recent record-setting storm may have moved on, but some of us are still dealing with water…
Feb 8, 2024By Khari Johnson, CAL MATTERS A constant hum fills the air at California’s tax agency this time of year phones ring and…
Feb 8, 2024By Teresa Moss, REPAIR DRIVEN NEWS A California law has given Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, the ability to block $3.16…
Feb 5, 2024By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2024-02-04/in-chula-vista-not-much-is-public-when-it-comes-to-public-records In Chula Vista, even when public records have been retrieved, reviewed, redacted and released,…
Feb 4, 2024By Eli Flesch, LAW 360 https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Calif.-Rate-Approvals-Centered-In-Coverage-Crisis-Debate-Law360-Insurance-Authority.pdf Law360 (February 2, 2024, 10:27 PM EST) — A California law permitting public challenges to proposed…
Feb 2, 2024By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS Insurance companies and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara have blamed the state’s insurance woes on what they call…
Feb 2, 2024