California Attorney General’s Office Archives

California Files Lawsuit Against The U.S. Postal Service Over Mailed Cigarettes

October 23, 2019 8:35 pmOctober 24, 2019 11:27 am

California and New York City jointly filed a lawsuit in a Brooklyn federal court Tuesday against the U.S. Postal Service over tens of millions of dollars in lost tax revenue from cigarettes sent through the mail. The lawsuit claims that...

Why Is Ricardo Lara Quiet on Hundreds of Thousands of Homeowners Insurance Cancellations?

September 6, 2019 8:28 amSeptember 6, 2019 6:29 pm

The number of California’s rural homeowners dropped by insurance companies is up to 350,000 in just four years, California Globe recently reported, but that was just through 2018. Since then, homeowners in Riverside and San Bernardino counties have experienced “a...

California Insurance Commish Toadies For Industry Again

August 2, 2019 2:19 amAugust 2, 2019 6:06 pm

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is under fire for his secretive speech to a convention of industry executives where he expressed support for revamping consumer protection laws in their favor. The speech in San Francisco to the Western Regional General...

Is ‘Consumer Watchdog’ Just a Lapdog for Special Interests in Attacking Lara?

July 23, 2019 7:58 pmJuly 24, 2019 4:56 am

Maybe because it’s the dog days of summer when the Legislature is out of town, but the news coverage of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s acceptance – and return – of campaign contributions from donors linked to insurance companies has gotten...