Consumer Watchdog Accountability In The News

By Christopher Reynolds, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-03-18/adults-only-hotel-ban-children-is-it-legal Can hotels legally ban children? With spring breaks starting momentarily and summer vacations not far away, the question is puzzling a wide scope of California travelers - parents booking their next family vacation as well...

By The Office of Senator Tom Umberg (Sacramento, CA)—Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced the introduction of Senate Bill 82, which aims to restrict overly broad terms and conditions that require unsuspecting consumers to sign “infinite” arbitration clauses. “Arbitration...

By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM - San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

By Isabel Vincent, NEW YORK POST https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-office-hit-with-accusations-of-legalized-corruption Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass got into office promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and promising to tackle homelessness and pollution but she never promised to drain the swamp. Now she stands accused of adding...

By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

By Staff Reporters, K-HITS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

The National Organization for Women, LA Times editorial board, and nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog oppose the measure.

Consumer Watchdog says the technology isn't quite there to be fully autonomous.

By Julia Métraux, MOTHER JONES https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/california-proposition-33-34-rent-control-landlords/ California’s statewide rent control law, the Costa-Hawkins Act, has been contentious since it was signed into law in 1995. California politicians saw Costa-Hawkins, which made it illegal for localities to impose rent control on homes, condominiums,...

BY YUE STELLA YU AND  JEREMIA KIMELMAN, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/campaign-finance-california-fppc-enforcement/ A $1,044 outing at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub. A $1,316 meal at a Los Angeles steak and seafood restaurant. A $4,500 experience to see the L.A. Dodgers. Isaac Galvan paid for them all with...