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By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By Thomas Elias, THE MERCURY NEWS For many years, California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for…
Feb 13, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
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, 2024
By Teresa Moss, REPAIR DRIVEN NEWS A California law has given Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, the ability to block $3.16…
Feb 5, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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
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Feb 2, 2024
By 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, 2024
By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO The agency Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers created a year ago to do something about gasoline price spikes…
Jan 31, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024