Accountability

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

September 16, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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 under...

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

July 22, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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

Elon Musk Needs A PR Hack Afterall, Maviglio Rises Again

February 2, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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...

Mike Feuer Owes Antwon Jones An Apology And A Video Tape

January 23, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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

December 30, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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

November 18, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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

October 7, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

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

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...