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Investigation Maps For-Profit Utilities’ $366 Million Disinformation Echo Chamber as Newsom Pushes Wildfire Bailout

Consumer Alert Warns Gov. Newsom Against 11th Hour Plan to Bail Out Utilities for Fires They Cause; Exposes Ads from Utility Front Group Targeting Politicians

Data Shows Wartime Price Gouging At Pump In CA Rampant, Supports Need For Legislation To Add “War” Under Anti-Price Gouging Laws

Report: Uber Plan To Limit Accident Liability Aims To Free Up Insurance Reserves To Pay For Robotaxi Rollout, Executives Paid “Success” Bonuses

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Assembly Bailout Plan Codifies Bad Lara Regulations That Cost Consumers $562 Million And Created Only 10,000 New Homeowners Policies; Locking In Rate Hikes

Jamie Court August 27, 2026

Sacramento, CA — An Assembly working group document (opens in new tab) recommends codifying failed Department of Insurance regulations that allow home insurance companies to raise…

Wildfire Survivors Call on Lawmakers to Reject Gov’s 11th-Hour Legislative Utility Bail Out for Fires They Cause; Urge “No Lines Between Survivors”

Aug 25, 2026

Three Bills to Reform Insurance Claims Abuses and Help Homeowners Keep Their Insurance Pass Final Committee, Head to CA Assembly Floor

Aug 13, 2026

THE DISINFORMATION ECHO CHAMBER: How California’s For-Profit Utilities Built Political Support For A Wildfire Utility Bailout

Aug 6, 2026

Investigation Maps For-Profit Utilities’ $366 Million Disinformation Echo Chamber as Newsom Pushes Wildfire Bailout

Aug 6, 2026

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Wildfire Survivors Take Capitol To Stop Bailout

Jamie Court August 26, 2026

Wildfire survivors from Altadena came to Sacramento to make sure their voices were heard. Below is some of the coverage from their…

Wildfire Survivors Call on Lawmakers to Reject Gov’s 11th-Hour Legislative Utility Bail Out for Fires They Cause; Urge “No Lines Between Survivors”

Aug 25, 2026

As Utilities Seek Another Bailout, Some Familiar Environmental Allies Speak Up

Aug 24, 2026

New Report Exposes Fossil Fuel-Backed Network Flooding Supreme Court with Briefs Seeking to Shield Oil & Gas Companies in Climate Deception Case

Aug 17, 2026

California Oil Permits Surge 300% Under New Streamlined Law; Watchdogs Warn of Public Health and Climate Backlash

Aug 16, 2026

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Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force

Michele Monserratt-Ramos March 3, 2026

Medical Board of California Responds to the Public’s Request for Maternal Mortality Project Announcing Plan for Maternal Mortality Task Force Los Angeles,…

Goodbye Patch

Feb 4, 2026

Bakersfield OB/GYN Fails Competency Exam: Repeat Offender Doctor Can No Longer Practice Medicine

Jan 14, 2026

Consumer Watchdog Supports the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355) 119th Congress

Oct 7, 2025

Consumer Watchdog Sets the Record Straight on the Patient Safety Risks of Medical Board of California’s AB 408

Aug 21, 2025

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Do Policyholders Want Car Premiums To Be Determined By Secret AI?

Justin Kloczko June 22, 2026

Beware. The predictive algorithmic modeling that home insurance companies deploy regarding wildfires is poised to come for California car insurance premiums. And…