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By Blanca Begert, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/09/21/unanswered-questions-on-the-wildfire-insurance-deal-00117519 WE HAVE A DEAL — Things moved pretty quickly today. Around 2:00 p.m., Gov. Gavin Newsom put out an executive…
Sep 21, 2023By Sam Dean, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-09-21/california-home-insurers-plan-return-to-fire-zones-under-new-deal After a summer that saw many of California’s top home insurers pull back from the state…
Sep 21, 2023By Steven Rascón, KQED Bay Curious https://www.kqed.org/news/11961915/cashing-in-on-californias-broken-bottle-deposit-system When Paul Beach was a kid growing up in Maine, he remembers going to a…
Sep 21, 2023By Ben Christopher, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/09/california-insurance-crisis/ A week after negotiations to rescue California’s floundering home insurance market stalled out in the Legislature, the…
Sep 21, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/21/2194643/-55-groups-urge-Gov-Newsom-to-veto-Big-Oil-backed-bill-weakening-refinery-price-gouging-legislation Los Angeles, CA — The struggle between Big Oil, represented by the Western States Petroleum Association…
Sep 21, 2023By Dan Walters, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/09/newsom-national-image-oil-industry/ When Ken Cory, an assemblyman from Orange County, was running for state controller 49 years ago, he…
Sep 20, 2023By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-20/los-angeles-dwp-billing-investigation-ending-questions-remain It was a shocking sight on a July morning in 2019: An FBI van parked…
Sep 20, 2023By Erin Stone, LA IST https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/here-are-the-major-climate-bills-that-made-it-through-californias-legislature-this-year The California Legislature wrapped up its session last week and dozens of climate bills now await…
Sep 20, 2023By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/18/this-is-a-big-big-deal-climate-leaders-praise-californias-lawsuit-to-hold-big-oil-accountable/ After Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday that California is suing Big…
Sep 18, 2023By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/09/18/will-newsom-allow-legislators-to-assist-gas-gougers/70890866007/#:~:text=It%27s%20up%20to%20Gov.,lying%20and%20gasoline%20price%20gouging. It’s up to Gov. Gavin Newsom, but if he signs a last-minute bill just passed…
Sep 18, 2023By Jim Shields, UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL I’ve lobbied for years for the Board of Supervisors to hold meetings outside of the county…
Sep 17, 2023By Staff Reporters, KABC – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 16, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/16/2193734/-California-oil-production-declines-as-U-S-crude-oil-drilling-increases?utm_campaign=recent Today I’m going to talk briefly about oil production in California and the U.S. and the…
Sep 16, 2023By Alexei Koseff, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/09/california-insurance-wildfires/ As a string of last-minute deals surfaced this week before tonight’s end of the legislative session, one…
Sep 15, 2023By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-15/lawmakers-take-up-bill-to-overhaul-state-board-that-investigates-doctors# When Angela Contreras complained to the state’s medical board last fall that a Long Beach…
Sep 15, 2023
Jose Ibarra was fortunate to be surrounded by family that loved him. He had a different life than most young men his…
Sep 15, 2023By Staff Reporters, KABC – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 14, 2023By Sam Dean, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-09-14/newsom-homeowners-insurance-rates-coverage New home buyers — and people getting dropped from their existing coverage — have had…
Sep 14, 2023