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Bailout Watch #75 – Sep 06, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #75 - Sep 06, 2001 SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR…
Sep 6, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Bail of Tears
EditorialSacramento News & Review It's hard to see how the governor's plan to save Edison has been forged for "our sake." And…
Sep 6, 2001
Energy
Assembly approves deal to rescue Southern California Edison
The Associated Press The state Assembly approved a bill Thursday evening that would let Southern California Edison shift repayment of much of…
Sep 6, 2001
Healthcare
OFFICIALS SAY KAISER PHYSICIANS ACCESSIBLE
IMPROVED POLICIES, SATISFIED PATIENTS CITED IN WAKE OF CRITICISMThe Press Democrat Kaiser Permanente officials, who came under fire last weekend for limiting…
Sep 5, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #74 – Sep 04, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #74 - Sep 04, 2001 SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR…
Sep 4, 2001
Energy
Now Davis Doing Too Much, Energy Critics Say
Los Angeles Times Faulted early on for responding sluggishly to the energy crisis, Gov. Gray Davis has reversed course in dramatic fashion,…
Sep 4, 2001
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It’s the season for fund raising
'Capitol tradition' is at the climax of the session's legislation.Sacramento Bee They're the most expensive meals in town. A $1,000 smoothie, a…
Sep 4, 2001
Energy
Assembly committee approves Edison rescue plan
The Associated Press A key Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday to rescue near-bankrupt Southern California Edison, sending the measure to the…
Sep 4, 2001
Insurance
CITY’S MEASURE B LAWSUIT LOSES
Pasadena-Star News Pasadena- The city lost its attempt last week to join a lawsuit against Measure B, the voter-approved initiative that aims…
Sep 3, 2001
Energy
The Struggle To Move On
Utility Business California has made it through the summer. Now it faces the consequences of its energy woes.
Sep 1, 2001
Healthcare
Kaiser Made It Hard to See an MD, Critics Say
HMO hindered Northern California patients' access to doctors, papers show. But service is better of late, a top physician says.Los Angeles Times…
Sep 1, 2001
Insurance
Bailout Watch #73 – Aug 31, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #73 - Aug 31, 2001 SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR…
Aug 31, 2001
Insurance
Why Is The Assembly Bailout So Bad?
SB 78xx: ïForces virtually all businesses, including small businesses & family farms (approximately 180,000 Southern California businesses), to pay a $4.1 billion…
Aug 31, 2001
Energy
Calif Assembly Committee Passes Elec Profits Tax Bill 5-2
Dow Jones Newswires A Senate bill that would place a windfall-profits tax on electricity sales in California passed the Assembly Revenue and…
Aug 31, 2001Bailout Watchdogs Watch the Dogs
Citizens Film "Lobbyist Pit" As California state Assembly Members prepare to try and shove a multi-billion dollar bailout of SoCal Edison down…
Aug 31, 2001Assembly Poised to Vote on Edison Bailout Legislation No One Has Seen
Lawmakers "Walk the Plank" for Edison, Big Business In a repeat of the legislative circus that brought California deregulation in 1996, state…
Aug 31, 2001Judge to Hear Call for Dismissal of Collusive Lawsuit Against Santa Monica’s Popular Conflict of Interest Law
Oaks Project Intervenes to Shine the Light on The Truth in City of Santa Monica's Collusive Lawsuit At a status conference yesterday,…
Aug 31, 2001