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By John Baird, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Apr 4, 2023
By Lindsey Holden, Ari Plachta and Phillip Reese, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273734515.html Five months ago, Sacramento Sen. Angelique Ashby won her election…
Mar 30, 2023
By George Skelton, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-30/column-newsom-learned-with-oil-bill-working-with-lawmakers-is-key-to-passing-laws SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom did something new — for him. He got aggressively engaged behind…
Mar 30, 2023
By Thomas Elias, The Mercury News Almost everyone who lived through California’s 2000-01 energy crisis remembers rolling brownouts and blackouts, plus thefts…
Mar 28, 2023
By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/28/governor-newsom-signs-gas-price-gouging-law-california-took-on-big-oil-and-won/ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Following record gas price hikes and profits, Governor Newsom signed…
Mar 28, 2023
By Craig Figner, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Mar 28, 2023
By Dustin Gardiner, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-passes-oil-refinery-profits-bill-17859250.php After decades of failed attempts to combat California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices, legislators passed a…
Mar 27, 2023
By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-27/california-lawmakers-approve-legislature-passes-newsom-oil-bill?utm_id=91387&sfmc_id=2159508 California lawmakers on Monday approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s legislation (opens in new tab) to increase transparency…
Mar 27, 2023
By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/03/27/is-the-gas-gougers-win-streak-coming-to-an-end/70052217007/ California’s wealthy cadre of gasoline gougers were on a major, lucrative roll. Every few months,…
Mar 27, 2023
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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
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, 2023
By 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, 2023