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By the Editorial Board of the LOS ANGELES TIMES September 11, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-11/editorial-california-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-lara-has-a-taxpayer-funded-second-home When he took over as the state’s top insurance…
Sep 11, 2019By John Phillips, RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE September 11, 2019 https://www.pe.com/2019/09/11/state-insurance-czar-wants-us-to-pay-the-rent-for-his-second-home-john-phillips/ I hope you’re sitting down, because I just heard about a scheme to…
Sep 11, 2019By The SACRAMENTO BEE Editorial Board September 11, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article234952877.html Will Ricardo Lara survive his first term as California’s insurance commissioner? We…
Sep 11, 2019By Hannah Wiley, CAPITOL ALERT – SACRAMENTO BEE September 10, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article234756507.html California’s top regulator of insurance companies sought campaign contributions from…
Sep 10, 2019By Staff Writers, INSURANCE JOURNAL September 10, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/09/10/539402.htm Consumer Watchdog is calling on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the district…
Sep 10, 2019By Marcus Baram, FAST COMPANY September 10, 2019 https://www.fastcompany.com/90401956/why-are-these-two-states-the-only-holdouts-in-the-massive-antitrust-probe-of-google When attorneys general from almost every state in the country launched a massive…
Sep 10, 2019By Suhauna Hussain, LOS ANGELES TIMES September 10, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2019-09-09/48-states-are-probing-google-on-antitrust-grounds-why-isnt-california Attorneys general from nearly every U.S. state have jointly launched an investigationinto Google’s…
Sep 10, 2019By Carla Marinucci and Angela Hart, POLITICO September 9, 2019 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/06/advocacy-group-asks-prosecutors-to-investigate-insurance-commissioner-lara-1175769 INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, has…
Sep 9, 2019By Carla Marinucci and Angela Hart, POLITICO September 5, 2019 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/05/insurance-commissioner-charging-rent-for-second-residence-to-taxpayers-1167813 SACRAMENTO — California’s state insurance commissioner has stuck taxpayers with thousands…
Sep 5, 2019By Staff Reporters, INSURANCE JOURNAL September 4, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/09/04/538887.htm Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has offered an apology for accepting campaign contributions from…
Sep 4, 2019Model 3 runs into back of unoccupied fire truck By Michael Strong, THE DETROIT BUREAU September 3, 2019 NTSB Confirms Autopilot Engaged…
Sep 3, 2019By Dotan Hammer , MONDAQ.COM September 3, 2019 http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/842070/Data+Protection+Privacy/YouTube+Reportedly+Will+Pay+More+Than+150+Million+To+Settle+FTC+Allegations+Of+COPPA+Violations A majority of the FTC’s panel of commissioners reportedly approved a settlement with…
Sep 3, 2019By Michael Hiltzik, LOS ANGELES TIMES August 29, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-08-28/hiltzik-california-fire-insurance-crisis Steve Nielsen would not normally have considered himself a resident of California’s…
Aug 29, 2019It’s finally being counted, but things are complicated. By Jill Cowan, THE NEW YORK TIMES August 28, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/wildfires-insurance.html A little while…
Aug 28, 2019By Katie Pyzyk, WASTE DIVE August 28, 2019 https://www.wastedive.com/news/whats-next-for-california-container-recycling-after-replanets-closure/560916/ The recent announcement that California’s largest operator of beverage container redemption centers was…
Aug 28, 2019The state’s Insurance Commissioner is being accused of not using his full powers to help people losing home insurance. By Becca Habegger,…
Aug 28, 2019Ricardo Lara’s campaign contributions, questionable meeting, legislation raise concerns about consumer commitment By MERCURY NEWS & EAST BAY TIMES EDITORIAL BOARDS August…
Aug 23, 2019Ricardo Lara’s campaign contributions, questionable meeting, legislation raise concerns about consumer commitment By MERCURY NEWS & EAST BAY TIMES EDITORIAL BOARDS August…
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