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The LA wildfires will cause chaos for California’s home insurance market

New rules allowed climate change consideration in premiums

The Independent UK

California lawmakers block bill allowing people to sue oil companies over health problems

California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills Thursday

The Independent UK

Chevron hasn't complied with new California gas pricing law

Chevron has not complied with a new California law requiring it to disclose data on pricing

The Independent UK

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California tries to cap oil company profits. Figuring out how is challenge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly five months after Gavin Newsom initially called for a penalty on excessive oil company profits, the governor and lawmakers in Sacramento appear no closer to deciding how to prevent the kind of gasoline price spikes that Californians experienced last year.

Los Angeles Times

High gas prices lead to climate rollback

Industry lobbyists' well-funded referendum could sway voters with misinformation

Salon

Steve Lopez: 'This is crazy': A 102-year-old WWII vet gets a $526 gas bill on top of crippling home-care costs

LOS ANGELES — Paul Hult's problems began about a year and a half ago, when he tripped and fell in the little Hollywood bungalow he has lived in since the 1950s.

Los Angeles Times

Californians are in for another bill increase: car insurance

Some California drivers will be getting a nasty surprise when they open their car insurance bills this year.

Los Angeles Times

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California Oil Industry Uses High Gasoline Prices to Roll Back Climate Agenda, Critics Allege

After industry lobbyists halted the oil and gas well safe-distance law, their well-funded referendum could sway voters with misinformation.

Capital & Main

The gas bill is $907.13? Sticker shock for Californians as prices soar

LOS ANGELES — Brent Eldridge had heard that prices for natural gas were high this winter, but nothing prepared him for how bad it could be.

Los Angeles Times

High gas prices prompt California lawmakers to consider penalties on oil profits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new class of California lawmakers will be sworn in Monday and thrust into the middle of Gov. Gavin Newsom's political fight with oil companies, testing the clout of an industry that spends heavily to influence the Legislature and potentially affecting gas prices for Californians.

Los Angeles Times

Should California tax oil profits? Gas spike hearing sets stage for contentious debate

SACRAMENTO, California — Consumer advocates and oil industry representatives launched opening salvos Tuesday in a bitter debate over whether oil companies are “price gouging” drivers or are themselves actually the victim of California’s green policies squeezing out fossil fuel industries.

Tribune News Service

California has $600M in unclaimed can, bottle deposits

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is proposing to temporarily double California’s typical nickel refunds for bottles and cans to boost recycling

The Independent UK

Red flags missed? Critics raised concerns years ago about DWP lawsuit settlement

LOS ANGELES — In June 2015, attorney Tim Blood and other lawyers representing Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers over inaccurate charges caused by a new billing system were growing increasingly suspicious of the city attorney's office.

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