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CNBC – Jamie Court Speaks About The Bill That Would Penalize Oil Refineries For Price Gouging

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The bill would give Californians the ability to set a penalty level in which the oil refineries would pay a penalty for making too much off their per-gallon profits, the gross refining margin.

The Daily Kos – CA Senate passes gasoline price gouging penalty bill as neighborhood...

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By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/23/2159845/-CA-Senate-passes-gasoline-price-gouging-penalty-bill-as-neighborhood-oil-drilling-permits-skyrocket The California Senate today passed Governor Gavin Newsom’s special session bill, SBx1 2, to hold Big Oil accountable for price gouging at the gas pumps by a vote of 30 to 8....

CA Senate Passes Gasoline Price Gouging Penalty And Oil Refinery Transparency Bill, Goes to...

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Sacramento, CA -- A landmark measure to rein in skyrocketing California gasoline prices has cleared the California Senate by a vote of 30 to 8.  “This bill puts a watchdog over gasoline price gouging and...

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom – What They’re Saying: Governor Newsom’s Proposal to Hold...

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By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/23/what-theyre-saying-governor-newsoms-proposal-to-hold-big-oil-accountable/ “Profits from California were 30% higher than anywhere else in the world”“We in California are systematically being gouged”“It’s a data-driven approach that couldn’t be wiser” SACRAMENTO – As Governor Gavin...

Commissioner Lara Approves Over $1 Billion in Unjustified Auto Insurance Rate Hikes 

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Insurance Commissioner Lara’s approval last week of a $263.7 million rate hike by California’s largest insurer, State Farm, marks the latest in a flurry of approvals of unjustified 2023 auto insurance rate hikes by the top 6 auto insurers, collectively totaling over $1 billion.

Price gouging Penalty Passes First Hurdle; Consumer Watchdog Testifies In Assembly About Need for...

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SBx1 2, the newly amended proposal for a price gouging penalty and oil refiner transparency, passed its first test in the California Senate Utilities, Energy and Commerce Committee

KXTV-SAC (ABC) – Sacramento, CA; Governor Gavin Newsom Announced A New Deal With Lawmakers To Take...

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President of Consumer Watchdog, Jamie Court, speaks about Governor Gavin Newsom's deal with the legislature to enact a price gouging penalty on big oil companies.

Consumer Watchdog Urges California Supreme Court to Grant Review in Land Use Approval Corruption...

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Think you’ve heard everything? Under a recent California Court of Appeal decision, if you wanted to drop a dime on suspected corruption over local building permits (as if that’s ever a problem…), you’d have...

The Sacramento Bee – A gas price watchdog + A ‘journalism usage fee’ +...

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By Andrew Sheeler, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273371015.html#storylink=cpy Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! NEWSOM, DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE LEADERS UNVEIL PLAN TO CREATE GAS PRICE WATCHDOG The California Energy Commission would be empowered to levy price-gouging penalties on...

Governor and Legislature Strike Deal on Price Gouging Penalty And Oil Refiner Transparency

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Making California First State In America To Rein In Oil Refiner Greed and Profiteering Los Angeles, CA – Governor Newsom and California legislature leaders have reached a deal to push through a new oil refiner accountability...