Politico – Sweeping ballot proposal would force California lawmakers to reveal lobbyist ties
By Christopher Cadelago and Melanie Mason, POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/02/california-lawmakers-lobbyist-meetings-ballot-proposal-00109316
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A ballot initiative likely to come before California voters next year would overhaul the state’s...
CNN Business – Are you owed a slice of the $100 million fine Bank...
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/business/bank-of-america-fine/index.html
Bank of America was fined $250 million this week by US federal regulators for allegedly harming customers by double-dipping on fees, withholding credit card...
The Los Angeles Times – California’s Malpractice Payouts Would Rise Under A Deal To...
By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
April 27, 2022
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-27/california-malpractice-payouts-would-rise-under-deal-to-avoid-costly-ballot-fight
SACRAMENTO — Cash payments in California medical malpractice cases would go up for the first time in nearly five...
Column: Rohit Chopra, Biden’s Pick To Head CFPB, Finally Gets Senate Nod (Barely)
By David Lazarus, LOS ANGELES TIMES
September 30, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-09-30/column-rohit-chopra-cfpb
President Biden nominated Rohit Chopra to serve as the nation’s top consumer financial watchdog eight months ago. On Thursday,...
Why Instacart and Doordash Workers Don’t Always Receive The Tips You Give Them
“For a consumer to somehow glean that this tip is in fact just subsidizing what the company would have paid on the back end...
Consumer Confidential: Why Are Glasses So Expensive? The Eyewear Industry Would Prefer Keeping That...
By David Lazarus, LOS ANGELES TIMES
January 22, 2019
https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-why-are-eyeglasses-so-expensive-20190122-story.html
It’s a question I get asked frequently, most recently by a colleague who was shocked to find...
Editorial: Lawmakers Here Today, Gone To Maui
By Editorial Board, THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES
January 17, 2019
https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/17/lawmakers-here-today-gone-to-maui/
The following editorial ran in The Long Beach Press-Telegram, Redlands Daily Facts, and The...
California Lawmakers, Lavish Junkets Are Burning Your Constituents
By The Editorial Board, THE DESERT SUN
January 10, 2019
https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/editorials/2019/01/10/california-lawmaker-lavish-junkets-burn-constituents-desert-sun-editorial-board/2529551002/
Picture this: As the deadly Camp Fire was ravaging Butte County and leveling the town of...
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