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By 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, 2024By Staff Reporters, KFI-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 2, 2024By Ari Plachta, SACRAMNETO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article284917677.html California’s new gasoline industry watchdog wants to see mysterious price spikes at the pump come to…
Feb 1, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO The agency Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers created a year ago to do something about gasoline price spikes…
Jan 31, 2024By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/30/2220418/-CA-Oil-Drilling-Permit-Approvals-Cratered-In-2023-As-Chevron-Wells-Produced-Only-3-Barrels-Per-Day?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Los Angeles, CA—California oil regulators issued 95% fewer permits to drill new wells and 25% fewer…
Jan 30, 2024By Thomas Elias, VC STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2024/01/29/energy-commission-takes-step-1-limit-on-gas-prices-should-be-next/72395493007/# For many years, California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for…
Jan 29, 2024By Sabrina Valle, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/california-big-oil-are-splitting-after-century-long-affair-2024-01-29/ It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S.…
Jan 29, 2024
Consumer Watchdog is looking for law students eager to help make a difference in consumer rights, privacy, and corporate accountability to join…
Jan 28, 2024By Dustin Gardner, POLITICO BUDGET GAP: Consumer Watchdog has pointed out a nearly $300 million discrepancy in the balance of the state’s CRV…
Jan 26, 2024By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE-RECORD So you think California has a serious property insurance crisis, with one company (State Farm) getting a 20…
Jan 24, 2024By Teresa Moss, REPAIR DRIVEN NEWS Illinois insurance rates increased by more than $1.25 billion in 2023, following a more than $1 billion…
Jan 23, 2024By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM – Sacramento, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Jan 23, 2024By Jen Frost, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/property/federal-natural-catastrophe-backstop-would-increase-premiums-reinsurers-warn-473923.aspx The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has aired concerns that a federal natural catastrophe reinsurance program,…
Jan 22, 2024By Staff Reporters, KFBK-AM – Sacramento, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
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