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By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom November 4, 2022 https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/04/california-holding-oil-companies-accountable-for-gas-price-hikes-and-record-profits-hosting-hearing-to-get-answers/ CEC holding hearing November 29 with oil executives and experts Oil…
Nov 7, 2022By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom November 1, 2022 https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/01/more-oil-companies-made-massive-profits-as-californians-paid-higher-gas-prices/ California refiners Phillips 66 and Marathon reported profit increases up to…
Nov 2, 2022By Janelle Williams, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES October 28, 2022 https://www.ibtimes.com/gas-prices-us-california-gov-gavin-newsom-attacks-valero-over-surging-profits-3628527 California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday in a press conference that Valero…
Oct 28, 2022By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom October 27, 2022 https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/10/27/more-record-profits-for-big-oil-as-californians-get-charged-more-per-gallon-than-any-other-state/ Shell’s profits more than doubled, their second-highest quarterly profits ever, with…
Oct 28, 2022By Nikka Magahis, KFBK-AM Sacramento, CA October 28, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. There…
Oct 28, 2022By Jim Sams, INSURANCE JOURNAL October 27, 2022 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/10/27/691991.htm US auto insurers are coping with the largest direct loss ratio in 20…
Oct 27, 2022By Maggie Angst, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article267851087.html Nearly a month after California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a new tax on “greedy” oil companies…
Oct 27, 2022By Staff Reporters, KCRW-FM Los Angeles, CA October 26, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.…
Oct 27, 2022By Grace Gedye, CAL MATTERS October 26, 2022 https://calmatters.org/economy/2022/10/california-gas-tax/ Few things agitate drivers — and make politicians sweat — like rising prices…
Oct 26, 2022By Gregory Yee, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES October 26, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-25/california-newsom-targets-valero-record-profits-gas-prices Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday took aim at Valero Energy Corp.’s…
Oct 26, 2022By Jen Frost, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA October 25, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/agents-fear-market-impact-if-californias-insurers-held-to-ransom-424982.aspx Insurers are pulling back from California’s auto insurance market and have allegedly…
Oct 25, 2022By Susan Montoya Bryan, ASSOCIATED PRESS October 24, 2022 https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-new-mexico-climate-and-environment-fires-government-politics-ac6f469b608084554c252d012d7c0f6d Manuel and Marcy Silva combed through the charred rubble that used to…
Oct 24, 2022By Sophia Bollag and Dustin Gardiner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE October 24, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-tax-oil-companies-17526178.php After Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to tax their windfall profits,…
Oct 24, 2022By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS October 20, 2022 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/20/2130166/-Investor-Data-Reveals-CA-Oil-Refiners-Tripled-Their-Average-Annual-Profits-In-2022 Los Angeles, CA — While oil companies and right wing think tanks claim…
Oct 20, 2022Editorial by The Los Angeles Times October 20, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-20/california-oil-drilling-health-safety-setbacks-referendum You might soon be approached outside your grocery store by signature gatherers…
Oct 20, 2022By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS October 18, 2022 http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2022/10/new-oil-slick-discovered-off-long-beach.html Long Beach, CA – As offshore drilling continues off Southern California in a…
Oct 18, 2022Letter to the Editor – SACRAMENTO BEE October 16, 2022 Do better, Lara “This would be the most miserable choice on California’s…
Oct 16, 2022The Golden State has a ‘mystery gas surcharge.’ Some say it’s price gouging. By Shannon Osaka, the Washington Post October 15, 2022…
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