By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE January 30, 2022 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-01-30/facing-lawsuit-for-withholding-records-state-insurance-chief-adopts-plan-to-auto-delete-department-tyment-emails Last year, while California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara promoted his commitment to government transparency and...
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE January 19, 2022 https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=239255 A consumer group is charging new evidence shows the California Department of Insurance has improperly withheld communications...
Los Angeles, CA – Despite attempting to conceal it, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and top lieutenant Bryant Henley communicated with two former lawmakers representing a workers’...
By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE January 17, 2022 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-01-16/lobbyists-told-state-insurance-chief-they-represented-company-at-center-of-campaign-scandal-new-filing-says Two former state lawmakers now working as lobbyists spoke personally with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara...
By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE August 11, 2021 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-08-11/after-breaking-pledge-and-halting-donations-state-insurance-commissioner-jump-starts-campaign Two years after suspending all campaign fundraising amid a political scandal in which he accepted...
Los Angeles, CA — In responses to requests for admissions in pending litigation, Insurance Commissioner Lara’s Department has refused to answer straightforward questions about meetings...
Los Angeles, CA — Despite his pledge for “transparency” in the wake of a scandal involving a workers’ compensation insurer, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has refused...
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE February 19, 2020 http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=223495 A consumer group has sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara, saying they failed...
Lawsuit also accuses Ricardo Lara’s office of creating records for public release that excluded key information By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE February 19,...
By Carla Marinucci and Jeremy B. White, POLITICO – CALIFORNIA PLAYBOOK February 19, 2020 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2020/02/19/bernie-leads-bloomberg-climbs-kamala-harris-backing-gascon-ca-farmers-opposing-split-roll-trump-pardons-49ers-eddie-d-and-slams-garcetti-archuleta-switches-from-biden-to-bloomberg-488361 Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, has filed suit to...
By Staff Writers, INSURANCE JOURNAL February 18, 2020 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2020/02/18/558731.htm A non-profit consumer group announced on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit to compel California Insurance...
Los Angeles, CA — A non-profit consumer group filed a lawsuit to compel California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance to hand...
