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By Jocelyn Gecker, ASSOCIATED PRESS November 4, 2020 Prop 24: Expansion of landmark California data privacy law leading SAN FRANCISCO — Two…
Nov 4, 2020By Staff Reporters, CBS Sacramento TV-13 November 4, 2020 https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/11/04/proposition-24-the-proposition-amending-consumer-privacy-laws-passes/ Proposition 24 has passed, the Associated Press reports. It will expand current privacy…
Nov 4, 2020By Colin Staub, RESOURCE RECYCLING November 3, 2020 Big drop in California redemption rate? State and group don’t agree Advocacy organization Consumer…
Nov 3, 2020By Emily Hoeven, CAL MATTERS November 3, 2020 California on track to set voting record Did Google influence the way Californians voted…
Nov 3, 2020By Max Pringle, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS November 2, 2020 Can the Ballot Be Used to Hold Local Government Accountable? San Francisco…
Nov 2, 2020Critics worry that the curatives in Prop. 24 are worse than the disease of privacy-rights violations. By Seth Rosenblatt, DARK READING November…
Nov 2, 2020By Lara Korte, CAPITOL ALERT – SACRAMENTO BEE November 2, 2020 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article246838482.html Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit, progressive organization, sent a letter Friday to…
Nov 2, 2020In a letter to the Senate Elections Committee, Consumer Watchdog questions the Big Tech company’s motives By Julia Musto, FOX BUSINESS October…
Oct 31, 2020By Patrick W. Dunne, DIGITAL PRIVACY NEWS October 29, 2020 https://digitalprivacy.news/2020/10/29/privacy-experts-split-on-calif-s-prop-24/ California residents will vote Tuesday on a divisive privacy initiative: Prop 24,…
Oct 29, 2020In a year of record fires, record heat and the unprecedented Coronavirus in California, the City Council of Culver City, the site…
Oct 29, 2020By Allison Grande, LAW 360 October 23, 2020 https://www.law360.com/california/articles/1313938/what-s-at-stake-as-calif-privacy-law-revamp-goes-to-voters Law360 (October 23, 2020, 9:12 PM EDT) — The battle over a…
Oct 26, 2020By Nicole Nixon, KPBS, CAPITOL PUBLIC RADIO October 23, 2020 https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/san-diego-news-matters/2020/oct/23/candidates-trade-attacks-district-7-city-council-r/ Californians are voting on a dozen ballot propositions this election, including Prop 24,…
Oct 23, 2020The Newsom administration has established a pattern of approving permits during busy news cycles. By Steve Horn, CAPITAL & MAIN October 23, 2020 Gov.…
Oct 23, 2020By Wendy Davis, MEDIAPOST DIGITAL NEWS DAILY October 23, 2020 https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/357145/consumer-reports-endorses-california-ballot-initia.html The influential watchdog Consumer Reports has endorsed a ballot initiative aimed at…
Oct 23, 2020A representative with CalRecycle disputes that claim. By Kevin Smith, THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES October 23,2020 Consumers forfeited $60 million…
Oct 23, 2020By Christine Roher + Randy Mac, KNBC TV-4 LOS ANGELES, CA October 21, 2020 Click here to watch the video of this…
Oct 21, 2020By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA October 20, 2020 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/consumer-advocate-lashes-out-at-insurers-for-exploiting-ca-wildfires-236717.aspx Consumer advocate group Consumer Watchdog has issued a statement accusing the insurance…
Oct 20, 2020By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE October 17, 2020 CA regulators issue 6 new fracking permits yesterday, bringing the total this…
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