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May 17, 2022, 15:29 ET The Department of Insurance Obstructs Access to Public Records Regarding "Connected Cars" in Wake of Industry Lobbying

The Department of Insurance has engaged in a "pattern and practice of obstructing access to public records," according to Consumer Watchdog. The...

May 12, 2022, 14:56 ET Consumer Watchdog, Patients Celebrate Historic Passage of Bill to Update Malpractice Cap After 47 Years, Forestall Initiative Battle in November

Consumer Watchdog and California families harmed by medical negligence applauded today's historic 60-0 Assembly vote to update California's...

May 11, 2022, 20:14 ET Profit Reports Show Oil Refiners Are Gouging Californians; Profits per Gallon Double, says Consumer Watchdog

The latest investor profits reports show that California oil refiners are making unprecedented profits from refining oil into gasoline in the first...

Apr 27, 2022, 16:46 ET Patients Embrace Legislative Deal to Update Malpractice Cap, Forestall Ballot Fight on Fairness for Injured Patients Act in November says Consumer Watchdog

The California families harmed by medical negligence who launched the Patients for Fairness coalition (http://www.patientsforfairness.org) responded...

Apr 27, 2022, 14:40 ET Legislation Requiring CA Oil Refiners To Disclose Their Profits Per Gallon Moves Forward Says Consumer Watchdog

With gas prices sky-high, legislation requiring California oil refiners to disclose once a month the price they pay for crude oil and the profit...

Apr 20, 2022, 16:54 ET Consumer Watchdog: Department of Insurance Ethics Legislation Blocked By Assembly Insurance Committee Today Without A Vote; Committee Members Collected $1.5 Million In Insurance Campaign Cash

Ethics legislation to shine a light on insurance industry influence over decision-making at the Department of Insurance was killed by the Assembly...

Apr 19, 2022, 21:09 ET Consumer Watchdog: 1st Quarter Approvals For Higher Risk Oil Extraction Up Sharply While Industry Forgoes Using Nearly Two Thirds Of Permits Granted In Last Two Years, Groups Urge Newsom To Deny Permits

Permit approvals for drilling new Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) wells using higher risk steam injection techniques jumped up 59% in the first quarter...

Apr 19, 2022, 20:35 ET Assembly Committee Approves Medical Board Public Member Majority Legislation says Consumer Watchdog

Assembly member Bill Quirk and the California State Assembly Committee on Business and Professions took an unprecedented step today to restore the...

Apr 13, 2022, 13:57 ET Insurance Commissioner Proposes Insurance Discounts for Wildfire Mitigation, says Consumer Watchdog

A regulation proposed by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to stop insurance companies from overcharging homeowners who reduce their...

Apr 05, 2022, 15:45 ET Feuer Must Resign Following Report Placing Him at DWP Extortion Meeting, Says Consumer Watchdog

City Attorney Mike Feuer should resign following a bombshell KNBC-TV report revealing Feuer was calendared for a meeting in which his office okayed...

Apr 01, 2022, 22:14 ET Consumer Watchdog Applauds Newsom Administration Investment In Recycling

The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog today praised the Newsom Administration and CalRecycle for investing hundreds of millions of dollars of the...

Mar 30, 2022, 14:43 ET California Poised to Be First State to Stop Geolocation Tracking, New Report Shows Need For Privacy Protections From Connected Cars says Consumer Watchdog

A new report details the privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars and points to new rules to be developed in California as a...

Mar 23, 2022, 13:07 ET Cartoons on Secretary of State Website Make Mockery of Government Transparency, Encourage Destruction of Records, says Consumer Watchdog

The California Secretary of State ("SOS") Shirley Weber will remove cartoons and a records "retention" handbook on the SOS's website that encourage...

Mar 11, 2022, 15:11 ET Legislation Targets Sky-High CA Gas Prices; Requires Oil Refiners To Disclose How Much They Make On Every Gallon of Gasoline Sold, Says Consumer Watchdog

With California gas prices topping $5 to $7 per gallon, California State Senator Ben Allen joined with consumer advocates today to announce new...

Feb 25, 2022, 19:49 ET Rule to Require Discounts for Wildfire Mitigation Measures Must Also Regulate Scores Secretly Used to Deny Home Insurance, Consumer Watchdog Urges Insurance Commissioner

Consumer Watchdog said a regulation proposed by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to require discounts for homeowners who protect their...

Feb 18, 2022, 14:22 ET Rules To Mandate Insurance Discounts Are Necessary to Give New CA "Safer From Wildfire" Prevention Guidelines Teeth

A new state wildfire protection framework released this week is an empty promise for homeowners if the Insurance Commissioner does not also require...

Feb 17, 2022, 14:15 ET Hacked by Big Corporations, America's Civil Justice System Has Crashed, Consumer Advocates Say

America's civil justice system has been corrupted by corporations and no longer protects average Americans from the countless non-stop thefts of...

Feb 17, 2022, 13:28 ET Consumer Watchdog Calls on Insurance Commissioner Lara To Issue Refund Rules In Response to CA Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court has refused to review a lower court ruling that stripped the Insurance Commissioner of critical powers granted by...

Feb 09, 2022, 13:39 ET State Obscures Extent of a Half-Billion-Dollar Surplus of Unredeemed CRV Deposits As Redemption Rate Stays Stuck at 58%, Consumer Watchdog Says

The rate at which consumers take bottles and cans for direct deposit refunds stands at 58.8% as of November, keeping California in third to last...

Jan 31, 2022, 14:08 ET Department of Insurance Changes Course on Email Deletion Policy that Threatened Records of Pay-to-Play Scandal Days After Consumer Watchdog Threatened to Go to Court

The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop it....

Jan 27, 2022, 14:06 ET Consumer Watchdog Calls On Lawmakers to Enact Patient Bill of Rights to Reform Medical Board, Doctor Accountability in California

Consumer Watchdog called on legislative leaders to enact a Patient Bill of Rights to reform physician oversight and accountability in California. The ...

Jan 26, 2022, 15:22 ET CA Crosses Line Of 10,000 Oil Drilling Permits Issued Since Newsom Took Office, Groups Urge Newsom To Cease All Permitting Says Consumer Watchdog

As the LA City Council votes today to ban oil and gas wells, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance reported that Governor Newsom has approved...

Jan 26, 2022, 14:19 ET If Newsom Blesses CPUC Plan To Charge Consumers Solar Tax, He Will Kill Rooftop Solar Across The Country, Consumer Watchdog Says

Consumer Watchdog said today that Governor Newsom firmly reject most of a proposed net metering decision before the California Public Utilities...

Jan 18, 2022, 15:49 ET New Evidence Reveals That Commissioner Lara and Top Staff Hid Communications About Meetings With Workers' Compensation Insurer At Heart of Pay-to-Play Scandal

Despite attempting to conceal it, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and top lieutenant Bryant Henley communicated with two former lawmakers...

Jan 10, 2022, 14:41 ET Insurance Companies Put Up Lion's Share of $43 Million Raised by the Medical Insurance Complex to Oppose Fairness for Injured Patients Act, says Consumer Watchdog

Insurance companies who profit by denying fair compensation to patients injured or killed by medical malpractice have put up $27.8 million to oppose...