Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog, explains how the demise of the Keystone XL pipeline is good for consumers everywhere.

'Catastrophic Model' Could Be Used To Set Your Fire Insurance Rates

By Michael Finney, KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Insurance companies are making a big push to change the way fire insurance rates are set. What will this mean for homeowners already facing huge increases in premiums?

Jamie Court tells KABC why Californians are Leary of the recent contradictory behavior by Gov Newsom and some California lawmakers.

Carmen Balber with Consumer Watchdog explains watchdog's exasperation with Governor Newsom's French Laundry dinner with CMA lobbyists. 

Michael Finney explains how Consumer Watchdog hacked into a Tesla and calls for stronger protections on connected cars.

A recent state law limits how companies gather data about you, and it prohibits them from selling it. But Consumer Watchdog says companies found a loophole in the law. 

“Prop 24 closes a critical loophole that companies were trying to use to say, ‘Well we can share your data, we don’t sell it, it’s fine.,” Carmen Balber with Consumer Watchdog said.

Prop 24 would also create a privacy commission to regulate and enforce any new privacy rights, and it would triple fines on companies that violate children’s privacy.