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NextGen Climate Founder Tom Steyer Joins Consumer Watchdog In Call for Oil Company Accountability and Lays Out Initiative Framework

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:22

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It's Good to be King

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 15:14
It’s called “behesting.” An elephant-sized loophole in California’s campaign finance laws, behesting is campaign donors’ and lobbyists’ best way to curry favor with public officials without running into pesky gift bans or campaign contribution limits. Even the oblique name – a gift given at the “behest” of an elected official – keeps these unofficial contributions flowing under the radar.
 

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Big Oil And Government Hiding Record Profits

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 11:22
Considering Big Oil's power in Sacramento, if the evidence showing that refiners are making record profits suddenly disappears from a government website, it’s unlikely to be a coincidence.
 

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Democracy at Work

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 09:35
When the confirmation of California’s top toxics regulator was over, Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon addressed the audience, “You saw democracy working..." But was this really democracy at work? 
 
The overwhelming majority of those in the room did not support the confirmation of Ms. Barbara Lee, a former air regulator with no knowledge of hazardous substances from Northern Sonoma County, which has no air pollution problem, as Director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control on July 15, 2015. 
 

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Disappearing Data Reveals Record Oil Refining Profits

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 09:22

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Include Opt-Out Feature in Covered California Data Mining, Say Federal Officials

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 07/20/2015 - 15:00

Covered California’s deep dive into data mining, without consumer permission, has drawn the scrutiny of congressional members. 

Reps. Tony Cárdenas, D-San Fernando Valley; Mark DeSaulnier, D-Richmond; Judy Chu, D-Monterey Park; and Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, today called on the state to protect consumers’ identity information. 

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