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In The Courtroom

Consumer Watchdog Saves Policyholders Over $325 Million from State Farm Auto Rate Hike; Dispute Erupts Between Commissioner Lara and Chief Administrative Law Judge Who...

As a result of Consumer Watchdog’s intervention, State Farm agreed to a lower rate increase of 17.7% compared to its initial 23.4% request
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Insurance

Insurance Commissioner Finalizes Plan Allowing Secret Algorithms to Raise Home Insurance Rates; Lies About Making Insurers Sell More Coverage in Return

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is not being honest with Californians about making insurance companies using secret algorithms to hike rates.
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Energy

New Minimum Gasoline Reserve Law Will Prevent CA Gasoline Prices Spikes And Should Be A Bellwether For Nation, Consumer Watchdog Says

Consumer Watchdog hailed Governor Newsom’s signing of California’s new gasoline minimum inventory law in the fight against California gas spikes.
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Energy

Newsom’s Signature On Three Laws To Hold Oil Drillers Accountable Will Protect LA Residents From the Toxic Harms Of Drilling

Surrounded by wells in the Inglewood Oil field, Governor Newsom signed legislation to shut down 600 oil wells
Jamie Court -
Insurance

Homeowners Dropped by Insurers And Facing Massive Rate Hikes Speak Out;  Consumer Watchdogs Say Lara Lied About Expanding Wildfire Coverage In Exchange For Higher Rates

Los Angeles, CA -- Homeowners who were dropped by their insurance company and confronted with massive rate hikes spoke out at an Assembly Insurance Committee oversight hearing of Insurance...
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News Releases

Report Shows That Less Than 1% of Californians Exercise Privacy Rights with Data Brokers

Data Brokers Collect Your Location, Share It With Companies and Law Enforcement.
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Energy

Three Bills To Hold Oil Drillers Accountable and Make “Polluters Pay” Pass Legislature and Go To Governor’s Desk

Sacramento, CA – In the last hours of the California legislative session, critical legislation holding oil drillers accountable for their pollution passed the California legislature and move to Governor Newsom’s...
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News Releases

Report Shows How Loophole in Privacy Law Makes Opting Out of Facebook Data Sharing Difficult; Global Opt Out Law Needed

Facebook alone gets data from thousands of companies, and opting out is annoying.
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