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By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS Consumer Watchdog (CW) is calling on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to meet with the nonprofit…
Dec 9, 2022
By 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, 2022
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 6, 2022
By Alexander Nguyen, KPBS-FM – San Diego, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 6, 2022
By Eliyahu Kamisher, THE MERCURY NEWS Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled his plan to punish oil companies for reaping massive profits in…
Dec 6, 2022
By 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, 2022
By 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, 2022
By 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, 2022
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 5, 2022
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 5, 2022
By 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…
Dec 5, 2022
By Emily Hoeven, CAL MATTERS Today is shaping up to be a pretty unusual day in Sacramento. Newly elected state lawmakers will…
Dec 5, 2022
By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-04/california-to-consider-profit-penalties-for-oil-companies SACRAMENTO — A new class of state lawmakers will be sworn in Monday and thrust into…
Dec 4, 2022
By Russ Mitchell, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-04/california-gas-prices-decarbonization-plan As California energetically attempts to decarbonize the state’s economy, some in Sacramento fear the…
Dec 4, 2022
By Steve Lopez, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES More than once over the years, when people have complained about how hard it is…
Dec 3, 2022
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 2, 2022
By Mike DeWald, KCBS-AM – San Francisco, CA Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Dec 2, 2022
? By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS December 1, 2022 SACRAMENTO – On Nov. 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a proclamation to convene a…
Dec 1, 2022