Wildfire Survivors, Consumer Groups, Insurers, Public Entities Oppose Limits on Survivors’ Rights At Hearings In CA Capitol On CEA SB 254 Report

Oil Permits Surge In First Q 2026 With Majority For Dangerous Extraction Techniques; Watchdogs Warn New State Drilling Law Unfair

Watchdog Warns of Continued Gasoline Price Spikes Without Promised Energy Commission Rules

Energy

Energy and utility watchdog coverage — gas prices, oil-industry profits, utility rates, and clean-energy accountability.

Governor’s Sister Kathleen Brown Makes More Than $1 Million Dollars From Sempra Board Work, And Stands To Make More, As Regulators Favor Company And Resume Injections At Aliso Canyon Gas Reserve

August 1, 2017 · Liza Tucker

Santa Monica, CA — Sempra shareholders have profited wildly from the favorable decisions taken by Jerry Brown’s appointees since the Governor was elected, and his...

Who Benefits From The Arbitration Rule, And Who Wants It Repealed?

July 14, 2017 · Mark Reback

The debate over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s newly-issued arbitration rule is frequently billed as a fight for consumer advocacy or against byzantine bureaucracy. But behind...

Consumer Advocate: DWP Is Rife With Conflicts Of Interest

July 14, 2017 · Mark Reback

A consumer advocate says it’s time to shed some light on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s screwy spending priorities. DWP customers have...

Jerry Brown Announces Global Climate Action Summit As He Promotes Fracking, Delta Tunnels

July 14, 2017 · Mark Reback

The New York Times didn’t mention that “America’s de facto leader on climate change” received $9.8 million from oil, gas and utilities, often within days...

Advocates: Exide Cleanup Plan Leaves Many To ‘Fend For Ourselves’

July 14, 2017 · Mark Reback

Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Consumer advocates and community activists say the state Department of Toxic Substances Control’s...

Op-Ed: Brown’s Beijing Fling With Contributors

July 13, 2017 · Mark Reback

While in Beijing, Gov. Jerry Brown publicly promoted the fight against climate change. Just as important was the quiet attendance of AES, a major builder...

California’s Double-Edged “Climate Leadership”: Behind The Big Talk, A Cozy Relationship With Big Oil

July 13, 2017 · Evan Thomas King

When President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, California elected officials were immediate leaders in the reaction,...

Governor Jerry Brown Betrays Californians with Massive Giveaway to Oil Industry in Proposed Extension of Cap-and-Trade

July 11, 2017 · Liza Tucker

Sacramento, CA — Consumer Watchdog and Food & Water Watch oppose Assembly Bill 398, brokered by Governor Jerry Brown to extend California’s cap-and-trade program past...

Consumer Watchdog Calls Location of Governor Brown’s Climate Action Summit Misguided

July 6, 2017 · Liza Tucker

Santa Monica, CA—As Governor Brown challenges the Trump administration today on climate change by issuing a sweeping invitation to a global “climate action” summit in...

Fossil Fuel Electric Plant Developers Fund Brown’s Beijing Fling

June 27, 2017 · Liza Tucker

Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called on the Public Utilities Commission to require disclosure of any communications about new, unnecessary natural gas-fired power...

Brown’s Top Aide Gets $300 Ethics Fine, Critics Say That’s Low

May 25, 2017 · Mark Reback

The California Fair Political Practices Commission on Thursday approved a $300 penalty against Nancy McFadden, the former Pacific Gas & Electric executive who serves as Gov. <a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/topic/politics-government/jerry-brown-PEPLT007547-topic.html" id="PEPLT007547" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a>’s top adviser. Commissioners approved the fine without debate on a unanimous vote despite the objections of Consumer Watchdog, the Santa Monica advocacy group that filed the original complaint leading to the investigation.

Oversight Agency Fines Brown’s Aide, Campaign

May 16, 2017 · Mark Reback

SACRAMENTO, CA -- California's political oversight agency has found that a top aide to Gov. Jerry Brown failed to disclose sales of stock holdings and that two of the governor's campaigns did not properly account for nearly $3 million in donations. The Fair Political Practices Commission announced Monday the governor's executive secretary Nancy McFadden failed to report selling Pacific Gas & Electric stock in 2012, 2013 and 2014. She has agreed to pay a proposed penalty of $300.

Wildfire Survivors, Consumer Groups, Insurers, Public Entities Oppose Limits on Survivors’ Rights At Hearings In CA Capitol On CEA SB 254 Report

Oil Permits Surge In First Q 2026 With Majority For Dangerous Extraction Techniques; Watchdogs Warn New State Drilling Law Unfair

Watchdog Warns of Continued Gasoline Price Spikes Without Promised Energy Commission Rules

Energy

Governor’s Sister Kathleen Brown Makes More Than $1 Million Dollars From Sempra Board Work, And Stands To Make More, As Regulators Favor Company And Resume Injections At Aliso Canyon Gas Reserve

Who Benefits From The Arbitration Rule, And Who Wants It Repealed?

Consumer Advocate: DWP Is Rife With Conflicts Of Interest

Jerry Brown Announces Global Climate Action Summit As He Promotes Fracking, Delta Tunnels

Advocates: Exide Cleanup Plan Leaves Many To ‘Fend For Ourselves’

Op-Ed: Brown’s Beijing Fling With Contributors

California’s Double-Edged “Climate Leadership”: Behind The Big Talk, A Cozy Relationship With Big Oil

Governor Jerry Brown Betrays Californians with Massive Giveaway to Oil Industry in Proposed Extension of Cap-and-Trade

Consumer Watchdog Calls Location of Governor Brown’s Climate Action Summit Misguided

Fossil Fuel Electric Plant Developers Fund Brown’s Beijing Fling

Brown’s Top Aide Gets $300 Ethics Fine, Critics Say That’s Low

Oversight Agency Fines Brown’s Aide, Campaign

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