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End Of Session Hijinks Leave Consumers In Cold

Submitted by Jamie Court on Sat, 09/16/2017 - 07:47

As the legislature ended its business for the year in the early morning hours, legislative leaders proclaimed a prolific progressive session.  Not so if you care about consumer protection.
 
Key public interest causes were abandoned because of the power of the usual moneyed interest groups and the dependency of state house politicians on them.
 

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Senate Turns Up Heat on Gov Brown's PUC Nominee

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 14:17

Senate leader Kevin de Leon took the unusual step of withholding his support for Governor Brown’s nominees to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Cliff Rechtschaffen and Martha Guzman Aceves, arguing that they have many questions to answer before de Leon agrees to give them a vote by the full Senate.

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Question Cliff's Fitness for the PUC

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Sun, 08/20/2017 - 17:15

Aliso Canyon was the biggest methane well blowout in U.S. history, and we still don't know why it happened. The California Public Utilities Commission just reopened the facility without the necessary environmental and safety reviews, so we have no way of knowing if it will happen again. 

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One Million Dollar Sempra Pay Out To Gov's Sister Kathleen Brown Is Worth Discussing

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Wed, 08/02/2017 - 13:30

Participating in a press conference yesterday in downtown LA, I watched as Jane Fowler faced the TV cameras and teared up over the re-opening of Sempra’s giant Aliso Canyon gas reserve next door to where she lives.

The site of the biggest methane well blowout in U.S. history forced her to flee, and the now-capped well is still leaking methane that makes her sick.

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California's Sleight Of Hand On Aliso Canyon

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 16:39

No sooner had the PUC and oil regulators greenlighted resumed natural gas injections at Aliso Canyon last week, than Los Angeles County sued to block it.

LA County is suing Southern California Gas for failing to conduct required safety and environmental studies on its natural gas storage facillity and to turn over public documents before it is reopened. As well the County should.

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Passage of Cap-And-Trade No Mystery, All Big Oil Mastery

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:22

Jerry Brown called his legislative victory on cap-and-trade one made of mystery, miracles, and prayers. Actually, the deal had nothing to do with divine intervention and everything to do with Big Oil's mastery.

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