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By Eliyahu Kamisher, EAST BAY TIMES In a bid to tamp down the Golden State’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices, California lawmakers on Monday…
Mar 27, 2023By Ronald D White, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-03-27/california-state-farm-car-insurance-customers-to-see-a-264-million-rate-increase California drivers who use State Farm for their auto insurance coverage are facing…
Mar 27, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/23/2159845/-CA-Senate-passes-gasoline-price-gouging-penalty-bill-as-neighborhood-oil-drilling-permits-skyrocket The California Senate today passed Governor Gavin Newsom’s special session bill, SBx1 2, to hold Big Oil accountable…
Mar 23, 2023By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/23/what-theyre-saying-governor-newsoms-proposal-to-hold-big-oil-accountable/ “Profits from California were 30% higher than anywhere else in the world” “We in…
Mar 23, 2023By Andrew Sheeler, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273371015.html#storylink=cpy Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! NEWSOM, DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE LEADERS UNVEIL PLAN TO…
Mar 21, 2023By Dustin Gardner, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-legislature-oil-profits-deal-17850009.php Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders in the Legislature announced Monday that they have…
Mar 20, 2023By 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…
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