Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog Campaign warned the public about Uber’s Super Bowl TV Ad that claims to be a “Consumer Alert,” the video format Consumer Watchdog has used for more than a decade to communicate with the...
Los Angeles, CA—Last year, permit approvals for drilling new wells continued falling, but in the first three weeks of January alone, California oil regulators issued more new drilling permits than for all of 2025, according to a new...
Los Angeles, CA — One year after the Los Angeles fires, Consumer Watchdog released the final report in a three-part series investigating how large insurance companies underpay wildfire survivors through a combination of industry-aligned subcontractors, black box technology,...
Published Decision Rejects Industry Effort to Close California Courthouse Doors
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog, working with a broad coalition of consumer protection and civil-rights organizations led by the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, welcomed...
Los Angeles, CA – Responding to insurance industry criticism of the intervenor fees paid to Consumer Watchdog in 2025, the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog published this accounting of the savings from the rate hikes the group challenged as an intervenor.
Consumer Watchdog’s rate challenges in...
Bakersfield, CA – The Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) and the Attorney General’s office have ordered Bakersfield OB/GYN Hans Chunghan Yu D.O. to cease practice effective immediately after the doctor failed a Board-mandated competency exam. Consumer Watchdog...
Sacramento, CA – The California FAIR Plan released new numbers showing enrollment continues to grow, adding 21,859 residential policies in the final three months of 2025. In contrast, six insurance companies that sought rate hikes under Insurance Commissioner Lara’s...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog wrote Uber’s CEO and board of directors to alert them about the need to disclose to shareholders that its top policy executive in the West stands to make millions of dollars for her...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and the Eaton Fire Survivors Network joined Senator Sasha Renée Pérez to announce legislation holding insurance companies accountable for insurance claim delays and alterations that deny survivors the insurance benefits they paid for.
“Insurance...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog Campaign published a Consumer Alert video warning California voters that a reason Uber is pushing a ballot measure to limit innocent accident victims’ rights to medical recovery and representation is that it plans to...
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog warned Uber users to start using Lyft after a blockbuster New York Times report. The report found Uber’s background check system let criminals convicted of crimes like child abuse, assault and stalking drive...
Los Angeles, CA – The non-profit Consumer Watchdog group today condemned Uber for starting, during the holiday season, to circulate a ballot measure petition that will restrict the right of consumers injured in a car accident to full medical recovery...
Consumer Watchdog Submits Recommendations to CEA for Governor’s Resiliency Report
Los Angeles, CA – California should hold the industries responsible for fueling climate change, causing wildfires and withholding insurance benefits accountable for the costs of disaster recovery and prevention, Consumer...
Uber Tells Us One Thing and Does Another
Los Angeles, CA — A short consumer alert video produced by Consumer Watchdog details Uber appearing to engage in surveillance pricing and questions whether it is lying about the practice.
Consumer Watchdog’s Justin Kloczko compared two...
Sacramento, CA – The leaders of Consumer Watchdog and the insurance broker who filed a ballot measure to repeal landmark insurance reform Prop 103 have mutually withdrawn their ballot initiatives from consideration for the 2026 ballot.
The Watchdogs –...
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog has sponsored dozens of billboards across California warning the public about Uber’s failure to deal with rampant claims of sexual assault and misconduct.
The billboards echo the findings of a New York Times investigation published this...
Los Angeles, CA - The recent filing from Farmers Insurance under Insurance Commissioner Lara’s “Sustainable Insurance Strategy” is the poster child for the loopholes in the plan, allowing the company to hike rates steeply without increasing overall policy...
A backdoor agreement between California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and major insurance companies led to a wave of dropped policies before 2025’s catastrophic LA fires.
Los Angeles, CA - Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposal to change the rules that govern consumers’ right to scrutinize and challenge unjustified rates would derail the public participation process set up by insurance reform Proposition 103, Consumer Watchdog told...
