Accountability

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

September 23, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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

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

August 11, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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,” which...

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

June 14, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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 a...

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

May 25, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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 Speaker...

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles, CA: What to Know About Target Bag Fees

May 3, 2022  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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 Goes Trumpian

January 13, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

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, who...

What We’re Going To Do In ‘22

December 30, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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

Your Trust

December 29, 2021  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

“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...

What We Won in 2021

December 27, 2021  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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...