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By Blake Jones, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2023/11/27/giving-californians-an-out-on-ai-00128791 With help from Alfred Ng TUNE IN, OPT OUT: Artificial intelligence can help decide whether you get a job…
Nov 27, 2023By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Nov 21, 2023Reforms labelled a “deregulation deal with insurers” By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/california-voters-oppose-insurance-reforms-says-consumer-watchdog-467078.aspx California voters oppose proposed reforms that would provide insurance…
Nov 17, 2023By David Goll, PALO ALTO WEEKLY https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/11/16/how-californias-fire-insurance-woes-are-impacting-peninsula-homeowners Over the past decade, multiple destructive wildfires have ravaged California, creating an unprecedented homeowners insurance…
Nov 16, 2023By The Editorial Board, PRESS-ENTERPRISE There are new developments in some of the Los Angeles City Hall scandals, which continue to multiply…
Nov 16, 2023By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/11/15/climate-scientists-on-strike-00127501 FIRE FIGHT: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s main antagonist is out with a poll today throwing cold water on his…
Nov 15, 2023By JW August, TIMES OF SAN DIEGO It was a milestone moment in open government in 1968 when then California Gov. Ronald…
Nov 12, 2023They say proposed changes threaten consumer protections under Prop 103 By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/california-democrats-voice-concern-over-insurance-reforms-466094.aspx Thirty-two members of California’s Democratic Congressional…
Nov 9, 2023By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS
Nov 8, 2023By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/property/consumer-group-highlights-loopholes-in-californias-insurance-reforms-465492.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California has claimed that a rule introduced by insurance commissioner Ricardo…
Nov 3, 2023By Clare Fonstein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-loses-four-home-insurance-companies-18457381.php Four small insurers say they will not renew California home policies starting in 2024. The…
Oct 31, 2023Some insurance companies have cancelled homeowners policies or refused to write new policies By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS A consumer group says…
Oct 27, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/26/2201823/-Valero-Posts-2-6-Billion-3rd-Quarter-Profit-On-CA-Gasoline-Margins-70-Greater-Than-Other-Regions?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Los Angeles, CA—The third quarter report to shareholders by Valero Energy Corporation shows it made 70%…
Oct 26, 2023By Rob Nikolweski, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2023-10-26/will-san-diegans-see-another-spike-in-natural-gas-bills-this-winter As the weather turns chilly in the coming weeks and months, San Diego…
Oct 26, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Oct 26, 2023By BLANCA BEGERT and CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO With help from Jordan Wolman and Wes Venteicher https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/10/25/what-newsom-said-to-xi-on-climate-00123654?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014c-2419-d9dd-a5ec-34bdbd970004&nlid=2745178 BLACK BOX OPEN: The Insurance Department was pushing lawmakers…
Oct 26, 2023By Yost, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2023/10/20/744823.htm The withdrawal of major homeowners insurance companies in the California market made national headlines, but news just…
Oct 20, 2023By Lois Parshley, LA IST https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/in-wildfire-prone-areas-homeowners-are-learning-theyre-uninsurable It wasn’t the first summer Justin Guay went outside and choked on smoke. Or the second. But…
Oct 20, 2023