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KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Hotels & Event Ticket Vendors Won’t Be Able To Hide Those Junk Fees Before Checkout Anymore
By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA
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K-Hits 104.9 (KDHT) – San Francisco, CA: Two New State Laws Could Soon Offer Stronger Protections For Banking Customers
By Staff Reporters, K-HITS – San Francisco, CA
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KTLA-LA (CW) – Los Angeles, CA: What To Know About California Prop 34
The National Organization for Women, LA Times editorial board, and nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog oppose the measure.
KNTV-SF (NBC) – San Francisco, CA: Tesla’s Self-Driving System Under Investigation
Consumer Watchdog says the technology isn't quite there to be fully autonomous.
Mother Jones – California’s Rent Control Ban Hits Disabled Tenants Hardest
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,...
CalMatters – ‘Notoriously slow:’ Lengthy investigations into California politicians leave voters in the dark
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...
Politico – Sactown Squabbles
By DUSTIN GARDINER and LARA KORTE, POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/10/07/lisa-middleton-isnt-talking-about-making-history-00182662
A newly resurfaced video has reignited a feud between two of Sacramento’s feistiest political actors.
Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, is lambasting longtime Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio over a three-year-old video that shows him jumping on and...
KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Federal Trade Commission Set To Authorize A Study Ordering Major Grocery Store Chains To Provide Information On Their Costs
By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA
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