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By Anne C Mulkern, E&E News Oil industry allies in California are filling television and computer screens statewide with a multimillion-dollar ad…
Dec 6, 2023
By Alfred Ng, POLITICO A California consumer advocacy group wants the state’s attorney general and privacy enforcement agency to look into the…
Dec 5, 2023
By Thomas Elias, MERCURY NEWS Until a consumer advocacy group used the Public Records Act to unearth previously secret files, just what…
Dec 1, 2023
By Dan Walters, CAL MATTERS In the 19th century, California began experimenting with regulating the prices of vital services and commodities. Nearly…
Nov 29, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Nov 29, 2023
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, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Nov 21, 2023
Reforms 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By The Editorial Board, PRESS-ENTERPRISE There are new developments in some of the Los Angeles City Hall scandals, which continue to multiply…
Nov 16, 2023
By 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, 2023
By JW August, TIMES OF SAN DIEGO It was a milestone moment in open government in 1968 when then California Gov. Ronald…
Nov 12, 2023
They 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, 2023
By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS
Nov 8, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
Some insurance companies have cancelled homeowners policies or refused to write new policies By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS A consumer group says…
Oct 27, 2023
By 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, 2023