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.

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....

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

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...

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...

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...