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Shoppers Are Entitled to Refunds for Missing Valentines Gifts, Says Consumer Watchdog

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After Intense Battle, Garcetti Abandons Rebuilding Gas-fired Power Plants

Adam Scow -
Consumer Watchdog welcomed an announcement from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to abandon plans to rebuild three gas-fired power plants along the Los Angeles...

2018 Wins, 2019 Resolutions

Jamie Court -
Given the divide in America, it’s truly been remarkable how much we have accomplished together in 2018. Below's just some of what we accomplished in 2018,...

Former Enron Consultant To Be Reappointed As DWP Ratepayer Representative Without Job Review

Jamie Court -
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog called the City Council’s vote to reappoint Fred Pickel as the head of the DWP’s Office of Public...

Watchdog Calls Garcetti Out On His “Pickel Problem” On #NationalPickleDay

Jamie Court -
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog called on Mayor Garcetti to support a new city council motion by council members Koretz and Bonnin requiring...

Making Sense of California’s Ballot Propositions

Mike Mattoch -
For your reading pleasure, here’s a quick look at your ballot menu for November 6: PROPOSITION 1 Affordable Housing And Home-Purchase Assistance For Veterans  If passed, Proposition...

Re-nomination of Current DWP Ratepayer Advocate A Betrayal of Ratepayers, Consumer Watchdog Says

Liza Tucker -
Los Angeles, CA -- The re-nomination for a second term of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s ratepayer advocate, Fred Pickel, by...

Consumer Watchdog Calls For Audit Of Tainted Process In Search For New LADWP Ratepayer Advocate

Liza Tucker -
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called the process of picking a new ratepayer advocate to head the Office of Public Accountability at...

Consumer Wins In Sacramento: The End of Session Scorecard

Jamie Court -
A win in the California statehouse on the last day of session usually means not losing too much, but last night California consumers  scored...

Carmen Balber of Consumer Watchdog Warns: Check Your Children’s Food for Heavy Metal Levels

Evan Thomas King -

Double Victory: The Paint Boycott Worked

Jamie Court -
Yesterday was a big day for consumer justice! Just 24 hours after we launched the #BoycottSherwinWilliams boycott, the paint company decided to pull its deceptive...

Sherman-Williams Withdraws Deceptive Ballot Measure in Face of Mounting Pressure

Evan Thomas King -

Consumer Watchdog Calls For Boycott of Sherwin Williams Paint

Jamie Court -
UPDATE: 6/28/18 5 PM The Boycott worked! Sherwin Williams and Con Agra pulled their ballot measure from the November ballot. Congrats to all. Los Angeles, CA --...

Boycott Sherwin-Williams Paint!

Jamie Court -
UPDATE: 6/28/18 5 PM The Boycott worked! Sherwin Williams and Con Agra pulled their ballot measure from the November ballot. Congrats to all.   Paint maker Sherwin Williams...

Sherman-Williams Hopes to Shirk Responsibility And Put Children At Risk With Lead Paint Using A CA Ballot Measure

Evan Thomas King -

Frank Pitre takes on PG&E

John Ennis -
Frank Pitre was presented with the Lifetime Legal Achievement Award at the 2018 Rage For Justice Awards on June 2nd, 2018, at the Beverly...

Not Every Angeleno Prospers In The Oil Economy

Liza Tucker -
“Not every Angeleno is going to prosper in the ‘Next-Gen new economy,’” according to a recent newspaper ad by the State Building & Construction...

New Report: LADWP’s Ratepayer Advocate Is Costing Angelenos Nearly $7 Billion Extra And Should Be Fired

Liza Tucker -
Santa Monica, CA — Instead of pushing the country’s largest municipal utility to be leaner, greener, and meaner, Fred Pickel, the first ratepayer advocate...

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

Liza Tucker -
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest, most powerful municipal utility in the country. For its first 110 years,...

Lawyers Get The Dough And DWP Ratepayers Get The Shaft, Sound Familiar?

Liza Tucker -
A Superior Court Judge today approved a settlement of a class action lawsuit brought against the Department of Water & Power (DWP) and City...
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