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By Staff Reporters, KCBS – Los Angeles, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 30, 2022By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-12-28/ricardo-lara-consumer-watchdog-geico-rate-hike In the weeks and months following his 2018 election as the top insurance regulator in…
Dec 28, 2022By Wes Venteicher, POLOTICOPRO December 16, 2022 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Oil companies in California are planning an all-out fight against Gov. Gavin…
Dec 27, 2022Californians Deserve To Know If Their Doctor Is Under Investigation
Dec 15, 2022By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA December 15, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 15, 2022By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS December 12, 2022 http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2022/12/oil-and-gas-industry-has-spent-over-30.html Flush with billions of dollars in record windfall profits, the oil and…
Dec 12, 2022By Laurence Darmiento, Sean Greene, Vanessa Martínez, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-11/four-charts-explain-why-californian-gas-prices-are-so-high Amid historically high California gas prices that have drained drivers’ wallets,…
Dec 11, 2022By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS Consumer Watchdog (CW) is calling on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to meet with the nonprofit…
Dec 9, 2022By THE LA TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-12-09/editorial-big-oil-shouldnt-be-able-to-fleece-californians Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to penalize excessive oil refinery profits is a relatively straightforward effort to prevent…
Dec 9, 2022By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 6, 2022By Alexander Nguyen, KPBS-FM – San Diego, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 6, 2022By Eliyahu Kamisher, THE MERCURY NEWS Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled his plan to punish oil companies for reaping massive profits in…
Dec 6, 2022By Adam Beam and Sophie Austin, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/business-california-legislature-sacramento-gavin-newsom-f67b8f4a8e0d7a978d4bf34ada1ea256 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine big…
Dec 6, 2022By Staff and Wire Reporters, THE DESERT SUN https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/05/new-california-lawmakers-sworn-in-special-session-on-gas-prices-begins/69702698007/ California lawmakers briefly returned to the Capitol on Monday to swear in new…
Dec 6, 2022By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/12/05/governor-newsom-unveils-price-gouging-penalty-on-big-oils-excessive-profits-to-protect-californians-from-being-ripped-off/ After big oil hiked gas prices and made record profits, Governor Newsom convened a…
Dec 6, 2022By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 5, 2022By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 5, 2022By Dustin Gardiner and Sophia Bollag, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-gas-prices-session-17627925.php SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At Gov. Gavin Newsom’s prompting, California lawmakers kicked off…
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