Accountability
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Double Victory: The Paint Boycott Worked
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...
Consumer Watchdog Calls For Boycott of Sherwin Williams Paint
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!
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...
Frank Pitre takes on PG&E
Frank Pitre was presented with the Lifetime Legal Achievement Award at the 2018 Rage For Justice Awards on June 2nd, 2018, at the Beverly Wilshire....
Not Every Angeleno Prospers In The Oil Economy
“Not every Angeleno is going to prosper in the ‘Next-Gen new economy,’” according to a recent newspaper ad by the State Building & Construction Trades. The...
New Report: LADWP’s Ratepayer Advocate Is Costing Angelenos Nearly $7 Billion Extra And Should Be Fired
Santa Monica, CA — Instead of pushing the country’s largest municipal utility to be leaner, greener, and meaner, Fred Pickel, the first ratepayer advocate ever...
The Price of Pickel: The LADWP’s Ratepayer Watchdog Comes With A $7 Billion Price Tag
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest, most powerful municipal utility in the country. For its first 110 years, the...
Lawyers Get The Dough And DWP Ratepayers Get The Shaft, Sound Familiar?
A Superior Court Judge today approved a settlement of a class action lawsuit brought against the Department of Water & Power (DWP) and City of...
Consumer Watchdog Challenges City Attorney Mike Feuer To Stand Up For LA Ratepayers Not Politicians In DWP Transfer Case To Be Heard Wednesday
Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog has urged LA City Attorney Mike Feuer to oppose a deceptive and inadequate Notice to ratepayers in a class...