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Big Banks Profit from White Supremacy. They Should Return PPP Fees to Black and Latino Communities
Next City Op-Ed
See which bills affecting California consumers and taxpayers did and did not pass
San Francisco Chronicle
Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor organizing threats’ following public outcry
CNBC article
AB 2167: An end-run on regulations that make insurers justify rate increases
While Californians are hunkered down to survive the pandemic, the insurance industry is sneaking AB 2167 (Daly) through the legislature. It would short circuit the Insurance Commissioner’s rate review process, which requires insurers to base homeowners’ rates on justified factors. It is estimated that AB 2167 could … Read More ›
Editorial: Reject Prop. 24, California’s online privacy measure Complex ballot measure is the wrong way to go about achieving consumer protections
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards
New California Financial Watchdog Would Take Aim At Predatory Lenders Amid Pandemic
Read full NPR article here
Uber and Lyft just got hit with another lawsuit in California over claims the companies are skirting the state’s gig worker law
Business Insider article here
The Technology 202: Privacy advocates battle each other over whether California’s Proposition 24 better protects consumers
Washington Post article here
Car insurers gave everyone a pandemic discount. Now some are raising rates
Read the story on LA Times or download it here
Business wants COVID-19 immunity from the law
Corporate lobbyists are pushing to evade consumer, labor and pollution protections California’s biggest corporate lobbying organization has called on the governor and the legislature to grant business sweeping immunity from consumer, labor and environmental protections. In a May 26, 2020 letter, the California Chamber of Commerce used … Read More ›
California should reframe business-oversight agency to protect consumers
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial