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Politico – Oil Fight

By Noah Baustin, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/04/09/cash-for-trucks-and-bikes-00866340?template_id=OT5J0E7B7DD7&is_login_link=true Environmentalists are starting to get loud about their desire for Newsom to address California’s high gasoline prices…

45 Public Interest Groups Point To CA Price Gouging, Demand CEC Write Overdue Regulations To Address CA’s Pain At Pump

Los Angeles, CA—45 environmental and public interest groups are demanding that Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Energy Commission immediately implement long-overdue…

Hearing Video: Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy Committee

Mercury News – Does a new report offer a way out of California’s home insurance crisis?

By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/08/does-a-new-report-offer-a-way-out-of-californias-home-insurance-crisis As insurers hike rates and cancel policies for thousands of homeowners across California, a new state report…

Los Angeles Times – Fire survivors call for audits of Edison’s wildfire prevention spending

By Melody Petersen, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-04-09/fire-survivors-call-for-audits-of-edisons-wildfire-prevention-spending Survivors of the devastating Eaton fire called on state lawmakers on Wednesday to pass a bill…

Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy Committee

Sacramento, CA – Tackling one of the biggest cost drivers of utility rates, the California Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee passed Assembly Bill…

Consumer Watchdog Says CEA Report Fails To Evaluate Viable And Popular Options To Deal With Wildfire Crisis 

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog issued the following statement in response to the report (opens in new tab) by the California Earthquake Authority in…

Streetsblog NYC – Hochul’s Insurance Push Follows Uber’s National Playbook — As The Company Spends Big on Her Re-Election

By Kevin Duggan, STREETSBBLOG NYC https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/08/hochul-insurance-uber-playbook Gov. Hochul’s re-election campaign is raking in cash from Uber (opens in new tab) as she follows the tech…

Politico – The electricity market slide

By  NOAH BAUSTIN, POLITICO With help from Camille von Kaenel and Alex Nieves https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/04/07/the-electricity-market-slide-00863109 THE BUZZ OF THE BALL: Establishing a new Western electricity…

FOX26 NEWS: Proposed bill would guarantee insurance coverage for fire-safe homes in California

Richard M.

Richard M, a retired senior living on a fixed income, maintained homeowners insurance for more than four decades with Safeco before being…

KCBS-AM (Radio): State Farm Is Being Put Under The Microscope

By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM (Radio):  Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

Alka Airy

Alka joined our advocacy team following the death of her sister Shilpa. Shilpa Airy endured medical negligence at two separate hospitals in…

Pasadena Now – Fire-Safe Homes Could Reduce Losses by One-Third in LA Fire Zones

By CITY NEW SERVICE https://pasadenanow.com/main/analysis-fire-safe-homes-could-reduce-losses-by-one-third-in-la-fire-zones Rebuilding homes to fire-safe standards in areas burned by the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires could reduce…

Politico – Fuel for the unaffordability fire

By Noah Baustin, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/03/30/fuel-for-the-unaffordability-fire-00851401?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000 THE PRICE WE PAY: Affordability concerns dominate today’s politics, so the last thing any government leader wants…