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Explosive Prime Lawsuit Allegations Could Be Kamala Harris Bomb & Scorsese Plot

Submitted by Jamie Court on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 15:52
Earlier this year, Capitol Watchdog wrote about how SEIU-UHW union President Dave Regan scuttled a deal between six financially struggling California Catholic community hospitals and Prime Healthcare out of spite. Regan used his political clout to stop Attorney General Kamala Harris's approval of the sale despite support from the California Nurses Association and SEIU members at the facilities, as well as from Consumer Watchdog (Capitol Watchdog's sponsor).

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New Evidence Of Exxon Cover-up Of Torrance Explosion

Submitted by Jamie Court on Wed, 09/23/2015 - 14:37

News hit the gasoline market in California today via the Los Angeles Times  that Exxon's Torrance refinery is not likely to get a waiver from air quality managment officials to restart anytime soon.

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Attorney General Investigating Gas Price Gouging in California

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:22

The California Attorney General's office said they are now investigating unusual pricing strategies by oil refiners a week after Consumer Watchdog presented it with evidence that oil refiners were artificially manipulating gasoline prices by leveraging their branded gasoline station contracts.
 

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State Commission Given Evidence Oil Refiners Artificially Hiking Gas Prices

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 11:58
California Energy Commission data reveals that a recent and sustained 30 cents gap between what price oil refiners sell gas to their branded stations and the price they offered to independent stations is unprecedented statewide. 
 
Over the last 16 years, the difference averaged three cents, according to a Consumer Watchdog analysis. Branded stations must buy gas at whatever price a refiner sets.
 

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Fallout After Attorney General Decision on Daughters of Charity Health System

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 17:12

After Attorney General Kamala Harris imposed conditions that a buyer, Prime Healthcare, declined to agree to on the sale of troubled Daughters of Charity Health System, supporters of her decision said other buyers would save all of the hospitals and services. But so far, no buyers have emerged, and the fallout has begun.
 

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Will State Officials Racing For Boxer's Seat Be Bold or Weaker?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:02

The announcement by Senator Boxer, a true champion of the underdog (watch her Rage for Justice speech), that she will not run for the Senate in 2016 will likely make a lot of other state officials rethink how they do their jobs. It's a lot like the moves you make playing musical chairs to make sure the music doesn't run out without you getting a seat.

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