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By Ben Adler, YAHOO NEWS February 2, 2022 https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-and-california-consider-changes-that-could-decimate-the-rooftop-solar-market-experts-say-100018985.html California and Florida are considering revoking a policy that has encouraged homeowners to…
Feb 2, 2022
By Staff Writers, WORKERS COMP EXECUTIVE February 2, 2022 Is CDI Covering-Up an Applied Underwriters’ Influence Campaign? An insurance industry watchdog says…
Feb 2, 2022
By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS MAGAZINE February 2, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/allstate-systemically-overcharging-customers-324020.aspx Court documents recently filed with a California administrative law judge reveal that…
Feb 2, 2022
By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS MAGAZINE February 1, 2022 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/consumer-watchdog-calls-out-insurance-regulator-for-email-deletion-program-323878.aspx Consumer Watchdog has issued a notice saying that the California Department of…
Feb 1, 2022
By Aaron Sankin, THE MARKUP February 1, 2022 https://themarkup.org/allstates-algorithm/2022/02/01/newly-public-documents-allege-allstate-overcharged-loyal-california-customers-1-billion A pair of newly public documents filed with a California administrative law judge…
Feb 1, 2022
Column by George Skelton, LOS ANGELES TIMES January 31, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-31/skelton-rooftop-solar-incentives-changes SACRAMENTO — Rooftop solar is generating intense heat on Gov. Gavin Newsom. And…
Jan 31, 2022
Column by Dan Walters, CALMATTERS January 30, 2022 Two statewide races to watch this year We can pretty much assume that Gavin…
Jan 30, 2022
By Dustin Gardener, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE January 30, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-bottle-deposit-program-sitting-on-at-16816060.php SACRAMENTO — California’s bottle recycling program has a surplus that’s at least…
Jan 30, 2022
By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE January 30, 2022 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-01-30/facing-lawsuit-for-withholding-records-state-insurance-chief-adopts-plan-to-auto-delete-department-tyment-emails Last year, while California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara promoted his commitment to…
Jan 30, 2022
By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE January 28, 2022 http://redgreenandblue.org/2022/01/28/la-city-council-votes-prohibit-drilling-new-oil-gas-wells-phase-existing-production/ “Oil drilling is and has always been an inherently incompatible land…
Jan 28, 2022
California’s governor is caught between his campaign pledge and the health care companies that bankroll him. By Walker Bragman , THE DAILY…
Jan 28, 2022
By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS January 27, 2022 http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2022/01/new-analysis-reveals-fossil-fuel.html The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the most powerful corporate lobbying group in Sacramento, claims that there…
Jan 26, 2022
By THE LOS ANGELES TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD January 25, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-01-25/editorial-california-must-do-more-to-get-bad-doctors-out-of-the-profession California’s system for getting bad doctors out of the profession is…
Jan 25, 2022
By Staff Writers, ATLANTA BUSINESS JOURNAL January 20, 2022 https://www.atlantabusinessjournal.com/column-this-cost-recovery-fee-seems-more-like-double-dipping/ If there’s a single business you should be able to trust implicitly…
Jan 20, 2022
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE January 19, 2022 https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=239255 A consumer group is charging new evidence shows the California Department of Insurance has…
Jan 19, 2022
By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE January 17, 2022 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-01-16/lobbyists-told-state-insurance-chief-they-represented-company-at-center-of-campaign-scandal-new-filing-says Two former state lawmakers now working as lobbyists spoke personally with California Insurance…
Jan 17, 2022
By Staff Reporters, KMVU FOX TV-26, Medford, OR January 12, 2022 https://www.fox26medford.com/investigators-warn-of-potentially-unlicensed-testing-companies/ SAN FRANCISCO, CA – At first glance, a pop-up COVID…
Jan 12, 2022