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Wildfire Survivors Call on Lawmakers to Reject Gov’s 11th-Hour Legislative Utility Bail Out for Fires They Cause; Urge “No Lines Between Survivors”
11+ hour, 14+ min ago (645+ words) Sacramento, CA – Over fifty wildfire survivors from across California gathered outside the Capitol building today to call on California lawmakers to stand with survivors and reject a plan by the governor in the final days of the legislative session to…...
Three Bills to Reform Insurance Claims Abuses and Help Homeowners Keep Their Insurance Pass Final Committee, Head to CA Assembly Floor – Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 5+ day ago (401+ words) Sacramento, CA – Three bills to help families prevent home insurance nonrenewals and require fair and timely payouts of a claim after a disaster were advanced out of the Assembly Appropriations committee today. Every Fire Survivor’s Network and Consumer Watchdog, the…...
Ro Khanna, Erwin Chemerinsky and Dave Jones Join Campaign To Stop CA Utility Bailout; Consumer Watchdog Unveils TV Ads – Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 5+ day ago (311+ words) Sacramento, CA – Congressional Representative Ro Khanna has come out against the 11th hour utility bailout that Governor Newsom is pushing for in Sacramento. Khanna joins former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and former…...
Senate Energy Chair Calls Out Utility CEOs Over Bailout Blackmail Threats; Local Governments, Insurers, Fire Survivors & Consumer Groups Rally Against Bailout – Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 6+ day ago (348+ words) A coalition of governmental entities, wildfire survivors, insurance companies, attorneys and consumer groups sent a joint letter to the legislature (opens in new tab)vowing to oppose any proposal that “would shift billions of dollars in costs away from utility…...
Lara’s New Rules Threaten Voter-Enacted Rights to Challenge Insurance Rates, Consumer Watchdog Warns – Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 6+ day ago (149+ words) Rules could drive consumer advocates from rate proceedings despite producing more than $6 billion in documented policyholder savings at a cost of less than 25 cents for every $100 saved. “Proposition 103 gives Californians rights to participate in insurance ratemaking, and those rights do…...
Investigation Maps For-Profit Utilities’ $366 Million Disinformation Echo Chamber as Newsom Pushes Wildfire Bailout – Consumer Watchdog
2+ week, 5+ day ago (177+ words) Sacramento, CA — As Governor Gavin Newsom develops an end-of-session wildfire utility bailout behind closed doors, Consumer Watchdog today released a new investigative report documenting how California’s three largest for-profit utilities spent more than $366 million building a political influence machine since…...
THE DISINFORMATION ECHO CHAMBER: How California’s For-Profit Utilities Built Political Support For A Wildfire Utility Bailout – Consumer Watchdog
2+ week, 5+ day ago (160+ words) As Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders negotiate an end-of-session utility bailout behind closed doors, the proposals under discussion would further reduce utility accountability, limit wildfire survivors’ legal rights, and transfer even more of the financial burden of catastrophic wildfires…...
Watchdog and Actual Wildfire Survivors Launch “Utilities Shareholders First” to Counter PG&E-Backed “Wildfire Victims First” -
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (25+ words) New coalition challenges utilities decision to pretend to be the people they’ve harmed Sacramento, CA — In response to PG&E’s latest entry into what...
Wildfire Survivors, Consumer and Environmental Groups Slam State Report for Letting Utilities Off the Hook for Deadly Fires -
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (133+ words) Twenty-three organizations warn CEA recommendations would reduce accountability, increase wildfire risk, and force the public to pay Los Angeles,...
The American Prospect - Aftermath: California Gas Prices Are Up, and It’s Not Just the War -
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (26+ words) By David Dayen, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT https://prospect.org/2026/04/28/aftermath-california-gas-prices-are-up-not-just-the-war This story was first...