BY CATALINA VILLEGAS, SPECTRUM NEWS 1 https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-california/public-safety/2024/10/05/homeowners-insurance-issues-for-fire-victims From the ashes, they rebuilt, but just as they thought the saga was ending, a new front: “Now we’re fighting the next battle with the insurance companies,” says Kronman. After multiple 30% rate-hikes, the Kronman’s...

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By Jim Shields, THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2024/10/06/the-observer-geigers-hopland-market-apparently-in-default-on-second-loan/ This past Monday as I drove by the Laytonville Chevron station I saw that the price of regular gas had dropped from $5.19 per gallon the previous day to $4.99. So it appears...

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...

By Kenneth Araullo, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/property/consumer-watchdog-condemns-amendments-to-california-insurance-hike-rules-508253.aspx Consumer Watchdog criticized the recent amendments to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposed regulations, stating that they still do not address coverage issues for policyholders who have been non-renewed. The amendments, which allow insurance companies to...

By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article293334794.html On Tuesday, the Assembly voted to send ABX2-1 to the Senate, which has yet to reconvene for the special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom. That bill would require oil refiners to maintain minimum...

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The legislation, passed in a special session, now heads to the Senate next week By ROB NIKOLEWSKI, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/01/bill-requiring-minimum-gasoline-storage-levels-in-california-passes-assembly/ A bill that would require refineries in California to maintain minimum amounts of gasoline inventories to prevent price spikes...

By Jim Shields, THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2024/09/29/the-observer/ Legislators told that minimum Inventories are necessary to combat gas gouging  On Thursday, Sept. 19, my main man at Consumer Watchdog, President Jamie Court, tore the oil companies a new one when he testified...

By Kate Talerico, Ethan Varian, EAST BAY TIMES https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/09/27/state-farm-projects-dropping-1-million-policies-in-california-over-next-five-years/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tw-EastBayTimes State Farm is projecting that by 2028, the number of by 1 million, as the insurance giant grapples with financial distress and pulls back from the Golden State. According to a filing...

By Molly Burke, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/prop-34-aids-healthcare-19789238.php If you check California’s official voter guide — or even the text of the proposed law — for information on Prop 34, they’ll tell you the measure requires “certain providers” to spend virtually...

By The Office Of Governor Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/26/ahead-of-first-special-session-vote-governor-newsom-meets-with-supporters-of-proposal-to-prevent-gas-price-spikes Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Ahead of the first vote of the special session on gasoline price spikes, Governor Gavin Newsom today met with supporters of...

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By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE-RECORD https://www.chicoer.com/2024/09/25/lara-newsom-bent-on-enriching-insurance-companies-california-focus/ From the way they’re acting, it’s clear Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara believe they have no choice other than caving in to insurance industry blackmail. Or maybe it’s extortion. Either way, these...

By Megan Quinn, WASTE DIVE https://www.wastedive.com/news/california-crv-our-planet-bottle-bill-pilot-calrecycle-grant-funding/728010/#:~:text=from%20your%20inbox.-,San%20Francisco's%20BottleBank%20aims%20to%20help%20in%20a%20state%20with,share%20lessons%20from%20their%20pilot. The small recycling center tucked directly under Highway 101 in San Francisco is a flurry of activity as customers with shopping carts and trucks full of beverage bottles line up to redeem their containers. Up...

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By Michael Shashoua, DIGITAL INSURANCE https://www.dig-in.com/news/californians-dropped-by-insurers-testify-to-state-officials Two Californians who lost insurance coverage because of wildfire risk shared their stories with the California Assembly Insurance Committee in its hearing on rate reform on September 17, as well as a press conference preceding the hearing, outside the venue, Los...

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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/20/special-session-hearings-prove-case-for-proposal-to-prevent-gas-price-spikes The following information was released by the office of the Governor of California: The Assembly hosted its first hearings of the special session on gas price spikes this week. The takeaway? Gas price spikes are preventable...

By Molly Burke and Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/home-insurance-california-bill-19743241.php This year may go down as the most impactful for insurance regulations in California in more than three decades. But few of those reforms will have come from the...