San Diego Union Tribune: Last-minute bill aimed at boosting California oil production introduced
By Rob Nikolewski
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/10/last-minute-bill-aimed-at-boosting-california-oil-production-introduced/
Legislation aimed at boosting in-state oil production is one of a slew of energy-related bills introduced Wednesday, as lawmakers in Sacramento race...
Common Dreams – Wildfire Survivors ‘Deserve Better,’ Advocates Say as California Approves State Farm...
Regulators like California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara "need to hold insurance giants like State Farm accountable to paying out what they owe, not reward...
Assembly Committee Votes to Expose Patients to Doctor Substance Abuse; Advances Bill to Overturn...
Sacramento, CA – AB 408 by Assemblymember Berman to create a secret Medical Board program that will place patients at risk of harm at...
KTVU-SF (FOX) – San Francisco, CA: Home Insurance Relief On The Horizon
Carmen Balber says we think that the way to do this right is to require a public catastrophe model developed by state experts, academics who can crunch the numbers, do the science, and then open up the math to the public so we can be confident that insurance companies are using information that's fair and accurate in predicting future climate risk.
Insurance Journal – How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers
By Don Jergler, INSURANCE JOURNAL
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/07/23/785223.htm
A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more...
Carrier Management – Details of Calif. Wildfire Plan Sketchy, but a Useful Marketing Tool...
By Jim Sans, CARRIER MANAGEMENT
https://www.carriermanagement.com/news/2023/11/22/255751.htm
Daily Kos – Western States Petroleum Association Astroturf Group Seeks to Discredit Price Gouging...
By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/3/2208701/-Weekly-Spotlight-on-climate-and-eco-diaries-12-3-2023-COP28-consumer-choices-peak-carbon-soon?utm_campaign=recent
Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog released a new video today to counter a disinformation campaign by the state’s oil refiners lobby,...
The Ventura County Star – Will insurance blackmail win again?
By Tom Elias, THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/09/07/will-insurance-blackmail-win-out-again/70770094007/
Historically, the only effective deterrent to blackmailers is to get tough on them, fighting back and not giving...
The Real Deal – State lawmakers, commissioner in talks to boost home insurance coverage
Consumer advocate alleges the “the biggest insurance industry bailout in modern history”
By Dana Bartholomew, THE REAL DEAL
https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/09/05/state-lawmakers-in-talks-to-boost-home-insurance-coverage/
There’s a secret deal between California lawmakers...










