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By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/20/2159318/-Gov-and-Legislature-Strike-Deal-on-Price-Gouging-Penalty-as-CA-Oil-Drilling-Permits-Surge Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and the Governor’s Office just announced that Governor Newsom and California…
Mar 20, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/17/2158767/-Climate-activists-protest-approval-of-hundreds-of-neighborhood-oil-drilling-permits-in-California SACRAMENTO, CA— As regulatory capture by Big Oil and Big Gas becomes deeper and deeper…
Mar 17, 2023By Eliyahu Kamisher, THE MERCURY NEWS Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to punish oil companies for reaping large profits…
Mar 17, 2023By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Mar 16, 2023By Magie Angst, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273192680.html#storylink=cpy Last fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to hold “greedy” oil companies accountable for jacking up gas…
Mar 16, 2023By Dustin Gardiner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-oil-profit-tax-17841770.php After months of closed-door negotiations, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced long-awaited details of his…
Mar 16, 2023By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/16/governor-newsom-unveils-stronger-proposal-to-hold-big-oil-accountable/ SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta met with leaders…
Mar 16, 2023By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-15/ca-newsom-oil-profits-cap SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving up his high-profile call for the California Legislature to…
Mar 15, 2023By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-chevron-oil-gas-prices-bc34bc7259373baad141180778c6af35 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron has not complied with a new California law requiring it to…
Mar 14, 2023By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/03/13/western-grid-proposal-threatens-an-enron-like-crisis/69999981007/ Almost everyone who lived through California’s 2000-2001 energy crisis remembers rolling brownouts and blackouts, plus…
Mar 13, 2023By Michael McGough, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article272708925.html A family-owned south Sacramento recycling facility permanently closed its buyback center Friday after more than three…
Mar 4, 2023By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-02-28/consumer-watchdog-appeal-insurance-records-lara The Los Angeles advocacy group that unsuccessfully sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara…
Feb 28, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA February 27, 2023 Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 27, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA February 25, 2023 Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 27, 2023By Timothy Darragh, BEST WIRE https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?AltSrc=104&RefNum=248090 A proposed increase in rates for Medical Insurance Exchange of California has become a 7.2% decrease after…
Feb 24, 2023By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-state-government-gavin-newsom-business-3c081d10c79942985a53d5e54d080d2e After gas prices in California spiked to more than $6.40 per gallon last summer, Gov. Gavin…
Feb 23, 2023
Major car insurers are asking for rate hikes up to 6.9%.
Feb 22, 2023By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 22, 2023