Google Threatens DMV That It Will Pick Up Its Toys and Drive Elsewhere

Submitted by John Simpson on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 16:52

Google is telling the California Department of Motor Vehicles that if proposed regulations are enacted that require a human driver behind the wheel, capable of taking control of a self-driving robot car, the company will take the vehicles elsewhere.

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Capitol Watchdog: Upcoming Meetings to Watch

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 13:36

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.

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CA Senator Kills Health Insurance Regulation, Now Look - Unreasonable Rates

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 09:49
Only a politician would promise to protect consumers from a problem he caused.  
 

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Set The Gov’s Emails Free! Will Heads Roll In Horse Shoe?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Tue, 01/26/2016 - 07:36
San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

“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.
 

Will Medical Board Inform Patients or Protect Docs on Probation?

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Mon, 01/25/2016 - 23:09
Last week, the California Medical Board failed a critical test on whether it can prove to the Legislature that it has refocused its priorities on patient protection above physician interests.

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Is Racism Really Behind Top State Toxicologist's Conclusion That Poisoned Communities Are Safe?

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Mon, 01/25/2016 - 13:48
Late Friday night, as Barbara Lee, Director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), was releasing yet another batch of racist, derogatory, disrespectful, sexist or otherwise insulting emails written by staffers about their own colleagues or the communities they regulate, environmental attorney Anthony Patchett was preparing a missive of his own.

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