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Watchdog and the insurance broker who filed a ballot measure to repeal landmark insurance reform Prop 103 have mutually withdrawn their ballot initiatives from consideration for the 2026 ballot.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...
Los Angeles, CA--Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance said today that the latest oil and gas data confirms a long-term, irreversible trend. California's oil production is in terminal decline, and no amount of new permitting will change this regardless...
County Action Follows Mounting Complaints from Fire Survivors
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today commended the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Office of County Counsel for opening a civil investigation into State Farm’s...
Hidden algorithms and artificial intelligence used by the nation’s largest home insurance companies are leaving many homeowners underinsured, underpaid, or denied home insurance completely.
Los Angeles, CA - A New York Times investigation has found Insurance Commissioner Lara’s 2023 plan to deal with California’s insurance crisis incentivized insurance companies to dump policyholders before the LA wildfires in order to get rate hikes and allowed companies...
Los Angeles, CA – A short consumer alert video, produced by Consumer Watchdog and narrated by Eaton fire survivor Ellen Snortland, warns Eaton fire survivors that the company's new “Fast Pay” program to pay survivors may not equal “fair pay.”
“Edison’s...
We uncover the underworld of fire insurance subcontracting, where companies positioned as experts in smoke testing and home remediation work for insurers seeking to cut costs.
Sacramento, CA – The state’s petroleum watchdog has issued its annual report validating claims that Californians have overpaid tens of billions of dollars at the pump over the last decade due to the consolidated gasoline refining industry, an estimated $59 billion...
Smoke & Mirrors uncovers a web of little-known subcontractors and unseen technology that facilitate claims delays, lowballed payouts and denials, and offers advice on what consumers can do about it.
Sacramento, CA – Legislation creating a fully transparent public wildfire catastrophe model was signed by Governor Newsom late Friday. The law will give consumers the ability to push back on secret wildfire risk algorithms insurance companies use to raise...
