CA Cap-And-Trade Program Isn’t Working
Santa Monica, CA — As protestors heckled Governor Jerry Brown during his tour abroad for failing to leave oil and gas in the ground, new...
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Germany Could Teach Jerry Brown How To Be Greener, Consumer Watchdog Says
Los Angeles, CA — As California’s Governor traverses the world urging it to wake up to climate change, California’s leading consumer group called on Brown...
AT&T Tops Q3 Lobbying Spend – Comcast’s spending Up, Charter’s Down
AT&T barely outspent Google to be the third quarter’s top telecom/tech spender on lobbying, shelling out $4.13 million, up 8% from Q3 2016, according to Consumer Watchdog’s...
Failure to adequately regulate utilities helped fuel CA wildfires
Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle. Corruption can kill. The fires that laid waste to California’s Wine Country and at least 42 lives were...
Governor Signs Bill Benefitting One Company And His Sister
Santa Monica, CA — Over the weekend, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation merging two water districts to benefit Five Point Holdings, builder of a massive...
CA DMV Hits The Gas On Getting Driverless Cars On The Roads By 2018, Releases New Regulations
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Are California freeways ready for driverless cars with no one behind the wheel?...
We Asked California Lawyers for Views on the New Driverless Rules. Here’s What They Said
California regulators on Wednesday rolled out the latest proposed rules for regulating driverless cars, staking their claim for strong state oversight in the face of increased...
Metropolitan Water District Approves Delta Tunnels Funding
Just after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his opposition to the current Delta Tunnels project today, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Board voted to...
California DMV Revises Rules To Get Ready For Self-Driving Future
Robot cars with no steering wheels, brake pedals or accelerator pedals — and no drivers — could be legal in California by June under updated...
Driverless Cars May Be Allowed On California Streets Without Humans Next Year
Driverless cars without human drivers could hit the streets of California as early as 2018, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. On Wednesday,...
California Seeks To Ease Rules On Self-Driving Cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California regulators on Wednesday unveiled revised rules that would allow self-driving cars to travel the state’s highways without human drivers for the...
California To Allow Autonomous Cars Without Driver
California officials Wednesday unveiled new regulations that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate on state roads in test projects without a human operator. A revised...