Reports

UBER’S LICENSE TO KILL INSURANCE SCAM: How Uber Is Limiting Its Liability To Raid Its Insurance Reserves & Fund Robotaxis

May 22, 2026  ·  Justin Kloczko

•Uber has committed $10 billion to purchasing robotaxis, according to recent reporting from the Financial Times, as it has socked away $12 billion via a complex, dark money insurance structure that allows it to hoard billions in self-funded insurance reserves. The…

A License To Kill: How Uber’s Rush To Close Courthouse Doors And Roll Out Robocars Threatens Public Safety

March 17, 2026  ·  Justin Kloczko

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Uber is simultaneously trying to weaken legal accountability while expanding autonomous vehicle deployment, despite unresolved safety and transparency concerns. This report highlights how Uber’s attack on legal protections that hold drivers and auto…

Sea Change in Sacramento: How Electronic Ballot Signatures Empower Voters

September 25, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

“And while I do not by any means believe the initiative, the referendum, and the recall are the panacea for all our political ills, yet they do give to the electorate the power of action when desired, and they do place in the hands of the people the means by which they…

LA Times Op-Ed Pages Don’t Reflect LA

July 1, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

state. We note that 57 of the 918 U.S. articles were about immigration from a national perspective. As California sits on our nation’s border, immigration in some instances could be considered within the California geographic area of concern. We categorized immigration…

The Price of Pickel: The LADWP’s Ratepayer Watchdog Comes With A $7 Billion Price Tag

March 13, 2018  ·  Liza Tucker

THE PRICE OF PICKEL LADWP’s Ratepayer Watchdog is Costing Ratepayers Nearly $7 Billion B L T The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest, most powerful municipal utility in the country. For its first 110 years, the LADWP had virtually no…

Amazon Slime: Amazon’s New Consumer Deception

June 12, 2017  ·  John M. Simpson

A new survey of Amazon’s prices shows the retailer routinely uses inflated and fictitious previous prices to give consumers the misleading impression they’re getting a bargain. Inflated “previous” prices are the latest tactic Amazon has employed to induce customers to…

The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell: How to Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws, and Get the Change We Voted For

August 27, 2010  ·  Jamie Court

Change is no simple matter in American politics-a fact that Americans have recently learned well. Elections rarely produce the change they promise. After the vote,...

Out for the Count

May 3, 2004  ·  Carmen Balber

In 2002 and 2003, three of California’s largest newspapers, the Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times, carried articles and editorials raising concerns about the increasingly...

Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom… And What You Can Do About It

January 1, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

Enron. Tyco. Arthur Andersen. These companies have turned “corporate” into a four-letter word as headline after headline reveals shocking stories of executives stealing money from...

Consumer Imposters: The Big Business Deception Behind Props 200, 201, & 202

March 11, 1996  ·  Jamie Court

This 1996 report was scanned from print. Passages that did not survive digitisation have been left out here; the complete report is in the PDF...