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 to...
Accountability
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 the...
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 we’ve...
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 pictures...
What’s on your ballot? My take on the 2020 California propositions
Wondering what the story is with the dozen statewide propositions on your ballot? We’ve had so many requests that, while Consumer Watchdog hasn’t weighed in...
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 signatures...
$7 Signatures Block Citizen Access to Ballot Initiative Process, E-Signatures Can Restore It, Says New Report
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...
Insurers Fail To Rip-off Homeowners
The legislative session is over. I am happy to report that the bad guys didn’t win. Insurance companies were not able to pass legislation in...
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 failed...
Fracking’s Back In California
As if California has not had enough bad news, fracking is now back. The newly-named Cal-GEM or California Geologic Energy Management Division, late Friday and...
Trump’s Raw Deal Playing Cards at the L.A. Art Show
Charles Lynn Bragg with Trump's Raw Deal Playing Cards at the L.A. Art Show
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
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...