Latest Accountability Releases
Sea Change in Sacramento: How Electronic Ballot Signatures Empower Voters
The report finds that high signature costs have put the initiative process out of reach for all but the wealthy. It concludes that electronic...
LA Times Op-Ed Pages Don’t Reflect LA
A Consumer Watchdog review of one year’s worth of the authors published on the op-ed pages of the Los Angeles Times found that it...
The Price of Pickel: The LADWP’s Ratepayer Watchdog Comes With A $7 Billion Price Tag
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest, most powerful municipal utility in the country. For its first 110 years,...
Amazon Slime: Amazon’s New Consumer Deception
Two Consumer Watchdog reports show that Amazon is deceiving its customers by putting fake crossed-out prices next to its products. It’s a deceptive marketing...
The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell: How to Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws, and Get the Change We Voted For
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...
Out for the Count
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...
Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom… And What You Can Do About It
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...
Consumer Imposters: The Big Business Deception Behind Props 200, 201, & 202
Who is really behind propositions 200, 201, and 202?
Read the report here.
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KFMB CW - San Diego, CA: Proposed $25 Billion Supermarket Mega-Merger
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Increase In Parking Tickets At SoCal Parks
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: Skin Care Shop Complaints
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KNBC-LA (NBC) - Los Angeles, CA: FBI Believed Feuer Was Involved In DWP Cover-Up Scheme
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KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Airline Refund Policy Change
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CNN - U.S. Cable: 73 Million Former AT&T Customer Accounts Leaked To The Dark Web
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KNBC-LA (NBC) - Los Angeles, CA: New Developments in LADWP Overbilling Scandal
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: Request To Unseal Records In DWP/City Attorney Scandal
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KCRA-SAC (NBC) - Sacramento, CA: Struggle To Get State Records
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KCRA(NBC) - Sacramento, CA: A Ballot Initiative That Would Enhance Transparency of Elected Leaders
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KCBS- Los Angeles, CA: CBS Investigation Found 40% of Lights are Out on LA Freeways From Vandalism
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KGO (ABC) - San Francisco, CA; The Tipping point, How The Hopper App is Deceptively Collecting Tips
04:11
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KNBC-LA (NBC) - Los Angeles, CA; Holding Utility Companies Accountable For Power Outages
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KNXV-PHX (ABC) - Phoenix, AZ; Banks Need To Be More Proactive In Warning Customers About Fraud
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Insurance Commissioner Lara's Flip-Flop On Surveillance In Your Car
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KNBC - DWP Scandal what did Mike Feuer know?
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Insurance Commissioner Lara's Flip-Flop On Surveillance In Your Car
03:50
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KTXL FOX TV-40 Sacramento, CA: Watchdog Groups Want State Leaders Held Responsible On EDD Fraud
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KPFK Rising Up With Sonali: Consumer Watchdog Highlights “Trump’s Raw Deal”
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The Deal Behind Trump's Raw Deal
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Trump Raw Deal Cards: Conviction in Every Hand
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SPECNEWS1: Insurance Commissioner Lara Took Money From Insurance Industry
07:20
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SPECNEWS1: Insurance Commissioner Lara Apologizes For Taking Contributions From Insurance Industry
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Press Conference on Insurance Commissioner Lara's Calendars
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SPECNEWS1: Jamie Court Questions Whether Changes At LADWP Will Make A Difference For Consumers
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Fox GDLA: Ricardo Lara Wants To Give Insurance Companies Your Driving Data
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KABC: FBI Raids LADWP Office and City Attorney's Office Over Billing Scandal Cover-Up
02:07
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KNBC: FBI Raids LA DWP Offices in Relation to Overcharging Scandal
02:41
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Press Conference for Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's Report Card May 2019
21:45
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