State PUC Grants Oil Giant’s Water Company 89.7 Percent Rate Increase; Chevron Wanted 138 Percent Santa Monica, CA -- A decision today by the California Public Utilities Commission to grant a whopping...
Sees Improvement But is Concerned About Loss of Legal Remedies Santa Monica, CA -- A settlement with Kaiser Permanente over more 1,000 patients whose health coverage was retroactively cancelled is an improvement on...
Big 5 Health Insurers Named In Cancellation Lawsuits Contributed $804,600 to Governor Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today said that according to industry insiders the state's top HMO regulator is considering...
Consumer Advocates Call On Office of Administrative Law To Resist Politics, Protect Public Santa Monica, CA – The Schwarzenegger administration should reject the "emergency" changes to the...
White House Scorns Action, Congress in Gridlock as Soaring Prices Push Inflation, Motorists Cry ‘Uncle’ Santa Monica, CA -- An 11-cent rise in gasoline prices in one week will put the reins on consumers...
Santa Monica, CA -- An audit of the state stem cell agency by California’s Controller ignores fundamental flaws in Proposition 71 that created the agency, Consumer Watchdog said today. The audit released by State Controller...
Consumer Group Cites “Oil Profits Monster” database; Calls On President Bush, Congress To Act On Oil Prices Santa Monica, CA -- Chevron today posted record first-quarter profits of $5.17 billion while...
Bush, Congress Avoid Real Solutions; Stance Is Inexcusable as Pump Price Soars, Says Consumer Group Santa Monica, CA — Record first-quarter profits, up a staggering 17 percent to $10.89 billion reported today...
Industry-Drafted Proposals Will Lead to Higher Insurance Rates Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has quietly adopted insurance industry proposals to weaken the rate regulations that led to last week’s...
Government’s ‘Business as Usual’ Stance Is Inexcusable as Pump Price Soars, Says Consumer Group Santa Monica, CA -- The first-quarter record profits reported today by oil giants BP and...
A San Francisco judge refused auto insurance giant Allstate’s request to block a $250 million auto insurance rate decrease set to go into effect next Monday. Last month, California Insurance Commissioner Steve...
Analyst Predicts Over $4 a Gallon Nationally, Up To $5 in California Conoco Phillips’ CEO all but apologized for his company’s 1st quarter profits today, even though the $3.29 billion total...
