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What’s on Your 2022 California Ballot

Thanks to the historic agreement to update California's medical malpractice cap in May, the measure that was Consumer Watchdog's election priority this year -...

California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Good Government Bill To Close State Agency Lobbying Loophole

Los Angeles, CA -- Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1783 to close a loophole in state law that allowed former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez...

California Senate Committee Kills Good Government Bill To Bar Destruction of Public Records Using Secretive “Suspense File” 

Sacramento, CA – Senator Anthony Portantino’s Senate Appropriations Committee killed good government legislation today using one of the Legislature’s most undemocratic tactics, the “suspense file,”...

California Senate Committees Pass Good Government Bills To Close Agency Lobbying Loophole and Bar Destruction of Records

Los Angeles, CA - Today, the California State Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill 11-0 that would require agencies to retain all public records for...

California Assembly Passes Good Government Bills To Close Agency Lobbying Loophole and Bar Destruction of Records

Los Angeles, CA - Today, the California State Assembly passed a bill 65-0 that would close a loophole in state law that allowed Former Assembly...

Feuer Must Resign Following Report Placing Him at DWP Extortion Meeting

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...

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

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

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

Mike Feuer Goes Trumpian

The US Justice Department’s latest plea bargain announcement in the LA DWP billing scandal is very bad news for LA City Attorney Mike Feuer,...

What We’re Going To Do In ‘22

2022 promises to be a seminal year for consumer protection.   We can only make the landmark changes on our list with your generous support. Consumer Watchdog’s...

Your Trust

“Why do you trust Harvey?” an angry insurance company flack asked a newspaper reporter a few weeks ago.    They’ve been asking that question for thirty-three...

What We Won in 2021

Despite the pandemic, Consumer Watchdog scored some significant victories for the public interest in 2021.  Now’s the time of the year that we ask you to consider making a...

DWP Scandal Plea Bargain Exposes Bribes, Graft and Deceit In “Chinatown”

Six years ago, at a press conference on the court house steps, I got into a pushing match with an Ohio attorney who I...

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

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...

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

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

Elon Musk Needs A PR Hack Afterall, Maviglio Rises Again

Tesla recently fired its entire Northern American public relations staff.  Who needs to talk to the press when you are Elon Musk? Tesla was supposed...

Mike Feuer Owes Antwon Jones An Apology And A Video Tape

The lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of Antwon Jones, who was the average man caught in the middle of a fraud on...

Our New Year’s Resolutions

We lost a lot in 2020 — loved ones, time, momentum — and Consumer Watchdog’s ambitious plans for 2021 try to capitalize on what...

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

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

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