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By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS Oil industry allies in California are filling television and computer screens statewide with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign…
Mar 18, 2024By Wes Venteicher, Politico California Climate PRESSURE AT THE PUMP: A group of environmental and consumer groups is pressuring the California Energy Commission…
Mar 15, 2024By John Woolfolk, THE MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/14/commissioner-unveils-plan-for-home-insurers-to-base-rate-hikes-on-catastrophe-prediction-models/amp In an effort to staunch the exodus of home insurers fleeing the state, California Insurance…
Mar 15, 2024By Ruben Vives, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-15/californias-home-insurer-of-last-resort-sees-enrollment-surge-raising-concerns-over-its-finances#:~:text=Roach%20said%20the%20Fair%20Plan,was%20%2450%20billion%20in%202018. With home insurers scaling back coverage in the state, enrollment is surging in California’s backstop…
Mar 15, 2024By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO With help from Blanca Begert, Alex Nieves and Hannah Northey https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/03/14/ricardo-lara-is-playing-with-fire-00147237 BURNING PLAN: Climate-change-fueled wildfires have scared insurance…
Mar 15, 2024By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2024-03-14/gomez-withdraws-his-lawsuit-against-san-diego-attorneys-group-he-once-led SAN DIEGO — John Gomez, the firebrand San Diego litigator known locally through several high-profile…
Mar 14, 2024By Tom Kisken, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/health/2024/03/08/ventura-county-hospital-violations-2023/72635858007 State regulators received more complaints, found more violations and assessed more fines at Los Robles…
Mar 8, 2024Consumer advocates had raised concerns the fund wouldn’t have enough money to cover greater recycling rates and upcoming reforms. By Camille Von…
Feb 29, 2024By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/02/big-oil-pumped-254-million-into.html Big Oil spent more money on lobbying in California in 2023 than any other year on record…
Feb 26, 2024By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS California gasoline pump prices could jump by as much as 47 cents per gallon next year under…
Feb 26, 2024By 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…
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