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Insurance Policyholder and Patient Association

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WHAT IS AN INSURANCE POLICYHOLDER AND PATIENT ASSOCIATION? An Insurance Policyholder and Patient Association (IPPA) is a non-profit, statewide organization of insurance consumers. IPPA will advocate for fair and reasonable insurance rates and quality

Break Oil Companies’ Hold On Gas Prices

San Francisco Chronicle

The consistently high gasoline prices in the Bay Area have been blamed on price "spikes" caused by shortages of fuel due to California refinery outages, crude oil production cuts by the OPEC cartel and California's special clean-burning fuel standards.

The High Price of Gasoline Is All About Power

The consistently high gasoline prices in the California have been blamed on price "spikes" caused by shortages of fuel due to California refinery outages, crude oil production cuts by the OPEC cartel and California's special clean-burning fuel.

Oaks Organizer Skills

Oaks Project volunteer organizers are trained in these political and civic skills, which are essential to effective grassroots organizing.

Lynch ready to energize PUC post

Longtime Davis ally expected to be named commission president

San Francisco Examiner

Never one to straddle the fence, Loretta Lynch climbed over one last spring to get to an important meeting with Gov. Davis and a land developer

The High Price of Advocacy

Los Angeles Times

My problem, I began, clearly and to the point, is David Horowitz. Not Horowitz in any personal way--I barely know him--but Horowitz being a paid spokesman for No on Prop. 9, the big-budget, big utilities-driven campaign to zap the underdog California ball

What Is Wrong with California’s 1996 Deregulation Plan

Electricity is too vital to leave in the hands of unregulated power companies. California's 1996 deregulation law took a bad idea and made it even worse.

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KTVU (Fox): New Report Alleges Price Gouging By Gas Companies
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KERO-BFL (ABC): Gas Prices In California Were Lower And More Stable In 2024
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Consumer Alert: Edison's Fast Pay for Eaton Wildfire Survivors isn't Fair Pay
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Spectrum News 1: Search For Answers Underway After Massive Blast & Fire Rocks El Segundo Refinery
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) To the Point with Alex Bell: CA Bills Addressing Gas Prices
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Newsom and CA Legislators Sham End of Session Dirty Deal
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KTVU: Electricity Deregulation Could Be Coming Back In Last Days of Session
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KFMB SD CBS San Diego, CA: CA Pauses Penalty On Big Oil To 2030
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Consumer Alert: 11th Hour Push To Deregulate Electricity In California, Raise Rates
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: Gas Prices Expected To Spike By July 4th
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Who is Behind SB 540?
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ABC 7: Controversial CA Energy Bill Moves Forward
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KCBS-LA (CBS) - Los Angeles, CA: Late-Night Vote Can Spike Gas Prices
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: How Will Phillips 66 Closing The Refinery Impact Consumers At The Pump?
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KCBS-LA (CBS) - Los Angeles, CA: Phillips 66 To Close Refinery
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: Controversy Over SF's Bottle Bank Pilot
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: Newsom Signs Gas Law Aimed At Preventing Spike In Gas Prices
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KNBC-LA (NBC) - Los Angeles, CA: New CA Law Aims To Protect Gas Price Spikes
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KTTV-LA (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA: New Laws On Oil And Gas In California
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Consumer Alert: Newsom Takes on Gasoline Price Spikes
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KCBS-LA (CBS) - Los Angeles, CA: Chevron Moving Headquarters to TX
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KGTV-SD (ABC) - San Diego, CA: Californians Overcharged For Gas in 2015
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KTXL-SAC (FOX) - Sacramento, CA: Oil Windfall Profits Law Under Microscope
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KGTV-SD (ABC) - San Diego, CA: Watchdog Blames Oil Industry For High Prices
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KGTV-SD (ABC) - San Diego, CA: Who's To Blame For Recent Spikes In Gas Prices?
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Support Oil Driller Accountability, AB 3155
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Consumer Alert: The Buck Stops This Summer
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New Consumer Alert Exposes Deceptive Oil Industry Attack On Governor Newsom
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KOVR-SAC (CBS) - Sacramento, CA: Signs Fueling Debate Over Gas Tax
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Consumer Alert: More Deceptive Big Oil Ads Targeting California
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: CRV Fee on Alcohol Starts On January 1st
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Consumer Alert: Deceptive Oil Ads
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Consumer Alert: Big Oil’s BS Mailer
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KABC-LA, CA: Lawmakers Should Prevent Refineries from Selling Expensive Summer Blend of Gas Overseas
02:58
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: California Gas Prices Are Soaring Again
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Gas Prices Skyrocketing
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: So Cal Gas Prices Nearing $6 a Gallon
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Controversy Over Gas Storage Facility
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KFMB-SD (CBS) - San Diego, CA: Gas Tax Increase Takes Effect July 1st
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CBS 8 - Los Angeles, CA: What You Need to Know About Gas Prices
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