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35 Years Ago Today Voters Approved Insurance Reform Proposition 103
Washington, DC – Thirty-two members of California’s Democratic Congressional Delegation wrote a letter to Insurance Commissioner...
Patients Win Voice In Medical Board Doctor Discipline
Sacramento, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation containing reforms long sought by patient advocates that will increase families’ voice in medical board...
Valero Posts $2.6 Billion 3rd Q Profit On CA Gasoline Margins 56.5%...
*This press release has been updated: Valero posted 3rd Q profit on CA Gasoline Margins that are 56.5% greater than other regions, not 70%. It...
KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: There Has Been Outrageous Profiteering By Oil...
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA
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Ballot Initiative Would Overhaul Open Records Laws to Provide Greater Government...
70% of CA Voters Approve of the Measure According to a Recent Poll
Los Angeles, CA - Embracing the principle that “sunshine is the best...
At Your Convenience: How California Can Make Refunding Bottle Deposits As Easy As Buying...
After decades of consumer and media criticism of California’s failed bottle deposit return program, Governor Newsom and the California Legislature last year finally passed...
Unseen Hand: How Automatic Decision-making Breeds Discrimination and What Can Be Done About It
Consumer Watchdog released a report spotlighting the profiling flaws of algorithms and submitted a letter this week to the state privacy agency outlining how...
Privacy Dawn: What’s At Stake With Our Data and How It’s Being Protected
Our personal data is sold hundreds of times a day and worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but if regulations for a first-in-the-nation privacy...
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Mercury News – Walters: California consumer price regulation often protects companies
We still don’t know if rates limits for PG&E, fire insurance and rent are working as we debate whether to expand them
By Dan Walters, MERCURY NEWS
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/29/walters-california-consumer-price-regulation-often-protects-companies/#
In the 19th century, California began experimenting with regulating...
KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: There Has Been Outrageous Profiteering By Oil Companies
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA
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KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: The CEC Held A Hearing Today On How To Implement...
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA
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Consumer Watchdog Exposes Oil Refiner Disinformation Campaign As Price Gouging Penalty Deliberations Begin At...
Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog released a new video today to counter a disinformation campaign by the state’s oil refiners lobby as it seeks to discredit the price gouging penalty being developed by the California Energy...
Politico – Giving Californians an out on AI
By Blake Jones, POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2023/11/27/giving-californians-an-out-on-ai-00128791
With help from Alfred Ng
TUNE IN, OPT OUT: Artificial intelligence can help decide whether you get a job, bank loan or housing — but such uses of the technology could soon be limited in California.
Regulations proposed today would allow...
Are California’s New Draft AI Regs Good?
More and more, AI is making decisions for us without us evening knowing it. On Monday, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft language for business compliance regarding automated decisionmaking (ADM). Overall, they are a...
KCBS-AM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: PG&E will not be facing any civil suits over spoiled...
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA
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Insurance Business – California voters oppose insurance reforms, says Consumer Watchdog
Reforms labelled a "deregulation deal with insurers"
By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS
https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/california-voters-oppose-insurance-reforms-says-consumer-watchdog-467078.aspx
California voters oppose proposed reforms that would provide insurance companies more leeway to set their rates in exchange for insuring homeowners in high wildfire...
Palo Alto Weekly – How California’s fire insurance woes are impacting Peninsula homeowners
By David Goll, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/11/16/how-californias-fire-insurance-woes-are-impacting-peninsula-homeowners
Over the past decade, multiple destructive wildfires have ravaged California, creating an unprecedented homeowners insurance crisis both locally and statewide.
Obtaining new homeowners insurance policies — and even securing renewals...
The Press-Enterprise – LA City Hall scandals never go away
By The Editorial Board, PRESS-ENTERPRISE
https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/11/16/la-city-hall-scandals-never-go-away/
There are new developments in some of the Los Angeles City Hall scandals, which continue to multiply like rabbits.
Last Wednesday, the City Council agreed to pay $1.8 million to an...