Accountability

Sea Change in Sacramento: How Electronic Ballot Signatures Empower Voters

September 25, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

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

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...

Insurers Fail To Rip-off Homeowners

September 1, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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

July 1, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

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

April 8, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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

March 5, 2020  ·  John Ennis

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

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...

The Deal Behind Trump’s Raw Deal Playing Cards

February 14, 2020  ·  Julia Skrovan

Conviction Is In Every Hand With Trump’s Raw Deal Playing Cards

February 6, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

Whether the US Senate acknowledges it or not, we must never forget the raw deal behind Trump’s corruption. Mick Malvaney may be out as White...

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...