Consumer Advocate: DWP Is Rife With Conflicts Of Interest
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...
Energy
Energy and utility watchdog coverage — gas prices, oil-industry profits, utility rates, and clean-energy accountability.
Jerry Brown Announces Global Climate Action Summit As He Promotes Fracking, Delta Tunnels
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
<p>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.</p>
<p style="">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.</p>
Oversight Agency Fines Brown’s Aide, Campaign
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
California Democratic Party Faces $3,500 In State Fines For Mishandling Campaign Funds, Governor Gets Warning Letter
<p>The California Democratic Party has agreed to pay $3,500 in fines for mishandling a pair of six-figure contributions, but state investigators stopped short of accusing party officials of laundering donations from the oil industry to the 2014 reelection effort of Gov. Jerry Brown.</p>
California Democrats Fined, But Allegations Involving Oil Money Fall Apart
<p style="">The California Democratic Party will pay $3,500 in fines for reporting violations, but was largely cleared of headline-grabbing allegations that it illegally funneled large donations from oil companies to Gov. Jerry Brown’s re-election campaign.</p>