News Releases Assembly Kills Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits of Utility Wildfire Spending, Slap In Face to Wildfire Survivors As Utilities Seek Bailout Worth BillionsMay 14, 2026By Jamie CourtThree Bills Holding Insurance Companies to their Promises Pass Final Senate Committee, Head to FloorMay 14, 2026By Carmen BalberUber To Pay Contingency Fee Bonuses To Executives To Get Rid of Contingency Fee SystemMay 13, 2026By Jamie CourtWildfire Survivors, Consumer Groups, Insurers, Public Entities Oppose Limits on Survivors’ Rights At Hearings In CA Capitol On CEA SB 254 Report May 12, 2026By Jamie CourtCA Oil Refiners’ Margins Top $1 Per Gallon In March, $1.11 For Chevron, Trending Upward; Validating Need for Three Year Old CEC Rules on Resupply and Minimum InventoriesMay 7, 2026By Jamie CourtWatchdog Calls On Senate Leader Not To Confirm CEC Vice Chair Until He Delivers Three Year Old Gasoline Pricing Rules; Confirmation Hearing Wednesday AfternoonMay 6, 2026By Jamie CourtPhony Chevron-Funded Group Blames CA When Chevron’s Price Gouging Is Pegged For Run Up At Pump According To New State Gas Pricing ReportMay 5, 2026By Jamie CourtConsumer Watchdog Campaign: CA Insurance Commissioner Candidates Respond to Questions on Insurance Access, Claims and Climate ResponseMay 4, 2026By Carmen BalberPBF Refinery Still Down, Driving $6 Gas — Shows Need For Resupply and Minimum Inventory Rules To Stop Gas Price SpikesMay 1, 2026By Jamie CourtConsumer Alert: Senator Calls Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Communities “Communism” April 30, 2026By Carmen BalberConsumer Watchdog Asks OAL to Reject Lara Intervenor Rules Over Last-Minute Attack LetterApril 29, 2026By Will PletcherConsumer Watchdog Asks Court to Stop Lara’s FAIR Plan Surcharges, Order the Return of $400 Million+ to HomeownersApril 24, 2026By Will PletcherLegislation to Get Families the Home Insurance Benefits They Paid for and Stem Nonrenewals Passes Senate Insurance CommitteeApril 23, 2026By Carmen BalberWildfire Survivors, Consumer and Environmental Groups Slam State Report for Letting Utilities Off the Hook for Deadly FiresApril 21, 2026By Jamie CourtLara Issues Regulations to Silence Consumer Voice in Insurance RatesApril 20, 2026By Will PletcherWatchdog and Actual Wildfire Survivors Launch “Utilities Shareholders First” to Counter PG&E-Backed “Wildfire Victims First”April 16, 2026By Jamie CourtLatest Episode of Smoke & Mirrors Podcast Explores How Fire Survivors Are Fighting BackApril 15, 2026By Carmen Balber40 Public Interest Groups Back Insurance Legislation to Get Families the Benefits They Paid for and Keep Californians Insured April 14, 2026By Carmen Balber45 Public Interest Groups Point To CA Price Gouging, Demand CEC Write Overdue Regulations To Address CA’s Pain At PumpApril 10, 2026By Jamie CourtLandmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy CommitteeApril 8, 2026By Jamie Court← PrevPage 1 of 34Next →
Assembly Kills Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits of Utility Wildfire Spending, Slap In Face to Wildfire Survivors As Utilities Seek Bailout Worth BillionsMay 14, 2026By Jamie Court
Three Bills Holding Insurance Companies to their Promises Pass Final Senate Committee, Head to FloorMay 14, 2026By Carmen Balber
Uber To Pay Contingency Fee Bonuses To Executives To Get Rid of Contingency Fee SystemMay 13, 2026By Jamie Court
Wildfire Survivors, Consumer Groups, Insurers, Public Entities Oppose Limits on Survivors’ Rights At Hearings In CA Capitol On CEA SB 254 Report May 12, 2026By Jamie Court
CA Oil Refiners’ Margins Top $1 Per Gallon In March, $1.11 For Chevron, Trending Upward; Validating Need for Three Year Old CEC Rules on Resupply and Minimum InventoriesMay 7, 2026By Jamie Court
Watchdog Calls On Senate Leader Not To Confirm CEC Vice Chair Until He Delivers Three Year Old Gasoline Pricing Rules; Confirmation Hearing Wednesday AfternoonMay 6, 2026By Jamie Court
Phony Chevron-Funded Group Blames CA When Chevron’s Price Gouging Is Pegged For Run Up At Pump According To New State Gas Pricing ReportMay 5, 2026By Jamie Court
Consumer Watchdog Campaign: CA Insurance Commissioner Candidates Respond to Questions on Insurance Access, Claims and Climate ResponseMay 4, 2026By Carmen Balber
PBF Refinery Still Down, Driving $6 Gas — Shows Need For Resupply and Minimum Inventory Rules To Stop Gas Price SpikesMay 1, 2026By Jamie Court
Consumer Alert: Senator Calls Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Communities “Communism” April 30, 2026By Carmen Balber
Consumer Watchdog Asks OAL to Reject Lara Intervenor Rules Over Last-Minute Attack LetterApril 29, 2026By Will Pletcher
Consumer Watchdog Asks Court to Stop Lara’s FAIR Plan Surcharges, Order the Return of $400 Million+ to HomeownersApril 24, 2026By Will Pletcher
Legislation to Get Families the Home Insurance Benefits They Paid for and Stem Nonrenewals Passes Senate Insurance CommitteeApril 23, 2026By Carmen Balber
Wildfire Survivors, Consumer and Environmental Groups Slam State Report for Letting Utilities Off the Hook for Deadly FiresApril 21, 2026By Jamie Court
Watchdog and Actual Wildfire Survivors Launch “Utilities Shareholders First” to Counter PG&E-Backed “Wildfire Victims First”April 16, 2026By Jamie Court
Latest Episode of Smoke & Mirrors Podcast Explores How Fire Survivors Are Fighting BackApril 15, 2026By Carmen Balber
40 Public Interest Groups Back Insurance Legislation to Get Families the Benefits They Paid for and Keep Californians Insured April 14, 2026By Carmen Balber
45 Public Interest Groups Point To CA Price Gouging, Demand CEC Write Overdue Regulations To Address CA’s Pain At PumpApril 10, 2026By Jamie Court
Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy CommitteeApril 8, 2026By Jamie Court
