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Vote Cancelled on Commissioner Lara’s “Creative” Wildfire Insurance Bill

Sacramento, CA – A wildfire insurance bill sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara stalled in the state Assembly today in the face of objections raised by the Department of Finance...

Carmen Balber - August 14, 2019

Latest Articles

Bill Holding Drillers Legally Liable for Harms Advances To Appropriations Committee

Jamie Court - April 22, 2024

New Oil Drilling Permit Approvals Fall To Zero For First Time Since Newsom Came To Office, Making History, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance Say

Liza Tucker - April 19, 2024

Bill Holding Drillers Legally Liable for Harms Advances, Backed by 64 Public Interest Groups And Activist Nalleli Cobo

Jamie Court - April 16, 2024

Two Barrels of Oil Per Day Is All Drillers Extract from Community Wells, Making Case For New Law For $10K Per Day Fine

Jamie Court - April 8, 2024

Bill Introduced to Charge Low-Producing Oil Wells in Community Setback Zones $10K Per Day

Jamie Court - March 19, 2024

In The News

Elk Grove News – New Oil Drilling Permit Approvals Fall To Zero For First Time Since Newsom Came To Office

April 21, 2024

KQED-FM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: California Regulators Did Not Approve A Single New Oil Or Gas Drilling Permit During The 3 Months Of...

April 19, 2024

Sacramento Bee – California insurers must give discounts for wildfire mitigation. Have homeowners benefited?

April 18, 2024

The Epoch Times – Federal Judge Unseals Warrants in Case of Botched LADWP Billing

April 17, 2024

KGTV-SD (ABC) – San Diego, CA: Who’s To Blame For Recent Spikes In Gas Prices?

April 16, 2024

Latest Report

How Citizen Enforcement of Proposition 103 has Saved Californians $5.5 Billion – and Why the Insurance Industry Hates It