News Releases

Feuer Must Resign Following Report Placing Him at DWP Extortion Meeting

April 5, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — City Attorney Mike Feuer should resign following a bombshell KNBC-TV report revealing Feuer was calendared for a meeting in which his office okayed an...

Cartoons on Secretary of State Website Make Mockery of Government Transparency, Encourage Destruction of Records

March 23, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Assembly Committee Approves Bill to Preserve Public Records Sacramento, CA — The California Secretary of State (“SOS”) Shirley Weber will remove cartoons and a records...

Department of Insurance Changes Course on Email Deletion Policy that Threatened Records of Pay-to-Play Scandal Days After Consumer Watchdog Threatened to Go to Court

January 31, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop...

Mike Feuer Under State Bar Investigation According to Bar Documents And Sources, Consumer Watchdog Reveals

September 16, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Letters received from the state bar and sources confirmed by journalist Justin Kloczko show that Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer is under...

Lara Defies Transparency: Refuses To Confirm Or Deny Whether He Or Department Met With Nunez, Serna and Other Known Applied Underwriters Lobbyists In PRA Litigation

July 22, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — In responses to requests for admissions in pending litigation, Insurance Commissioner Lara’s Department has refused to answer straightforward questions about meetings...

Gov Dined Unmasked With Head of Doctors Lobby And Lobbyist At French Laundry

November 18, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Charles Johnson, husband of a black woman who died in childbirth and a patients’ rights leader, was terribly disappointed at pictures...

$7 Signatures Block Citizen Access to Ballot Initiative Process, E-Signatures Can Restore It, Says New Report

September 25, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – The cost to qualify an initiative measure for the November 2020 ballot averaged a record-high $7.22 per valid signature, a prohibitive cost...

Number Of Oil And Gas Well Permits Issued By Newsom Administration In 2019 Rivals Number Issued In Gov. Jerry Brown’s Last Year In Office

February 18, 2020  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—The total number of oil and gas well permits issued in 2019 under the Newsom Administration rivals the number issued in 2018 during...

Wine & Beverage Industry Stops Bill To Overhaul and Expand Bottle Deposit System On Senate Floor

January 30, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — A major reform bill to fix California’s broken bottle deposit system and get consumers back hundreds of millions in unredeemed deposits...

Bill To Overhaul Bottle Deposit System Passes Out Of Senate Committee

January 15, 2020  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court said in testimony today before the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on bottle deposit reform legislation, SB...

Data Shows Insurance Companies Use Occupation and Education to Segregate and Overcharge Communities of Color And Blue-Collar California Drivers

October 1, 2019  ·  Pam Pressley

Los Angeles, CA — An analysis of new data obtained from insurance companies by the California Department of Insurance (“CDI”) confirms complaints by Consumer Watchdog and...

Consumer Watchdog Says Sad Day For LA When FBI Has To Show Up At DWP To Deal With Billing Problems

July 22, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer  Watchdog responded to news that the FBI had served search warrants on the City Attorney and DWP by saying that...