Consumer Watchdog has called on California's two large public employee pension funds -- CalPERS and CalSTRS -- to sell off their holdings…
Oct 15, 2010Did you ever find yourself a little overbooked, wondering how you can be at two or three places at once? Well, that’s…
Sep 16, 2010Doug Heller discusses the ethics issues around mixing gifts and politics
Aug 13, 2010Consumer Watchdog's Doug Heller discusses the potential benefits of the newly signed into law financial regulation and overhaul.
Aug 1, 2010Consumer Watchdog's Doug Heller discusses the potential benefits of the newly signed into law financial regulation and overhaul.
Jul 22, 2010California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has already shown she has the deepest pockets of any politician in America, with moves like…
Jun 23, 2010The Mercury Insurance Company’s ballot initiative, Proposition 17, officially began its air campaign Tuesday with a statewide 30-second TV spot, and it’s…
May 4, 2010Download the Adminstrative Action filed against Mercury Insurance here. Download the full Department of Insurance investigation of Mercury ...
Apr 12, 2010In case all those ads about how great insurance companies are was starting to make you feel all fuzzy inside, Carla Marinucci…
Feb 8, 2010In what might as well be called a perfect ending to the year - and maybe a reasonable summation of the decade…
Dec 31, 2009California Public Utilities Commissioner Rachelle Chong - the force behind California's land-line telephone service deregulation - will not be confirmed for a…
Dec 9, 2009The LA Times and Sacbee got this (formerly) confidential memo from McCain-Schwarzenegger guru Mike Murphy to California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner…
Nov 25, 2009The San Francisco Chronicle urged Cal. Attorney General Jerry Brown to "clear the air" today in an editorial about his now-resigned spokesman's…
Nov 4, 2009Please contact Governor Schwarzenegger and urge him to sign AB 725 (Jones), which would extend California's Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program through 2015.…
Oct 1, 2009Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering whether to extend the state’s low-cost auto insurance program, which offers bare-bones coverage to motorists who would…
Sep 8, 2009According to word on the street, Mercury Insurance has had to throw away the signatures they've been paying for for the last…
Sep 1, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog’s Executive Director Douglas Heller issued the following statement about Insurance Commissioner Poizner’s announced suit to block…
Aug 27, 2009