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Consumer Watchdog will present new evidence at the upcoming Petroleum Market Advisory Committee meeting to show that refiners have used market power to raise gas prices. The committee will be discussing recommendations for the legislature on how to fix the California petroleum industry.

Details on that, the DTSC's Independent Panel Review, which will be discussing the scandal surrounding the now-shuttered Exide battery recycler, and the FPPC's move to close a loophole that allows lobbyists to avoid registering, below.

“A core value in a democracy is the right of citizens to know the actions of public officials.”
 
This is the judgement of Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith, who yesterday ordered that the Public Utility Commission must justify why emails with the Governor’s office were being kept secret in a PUC corruption scandal.