Introducing the Invisible Settlement Notice This “Notice of Proposed Settlement” from the Superior Court of California is a failure in our opinion. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments. Below is a scan of the undated “dwarf” postcard that was mailed to California gasoline victims in late September and early October of 2024. Click here for details on how to claim your money. Then…
If you live in California and purchased gasoline between February 20, 2015 and November 10, 2015 in San Diego or Los Angeles Counties, (plus eight other counties)*, then you are probably eligible for a refund thanks to a legal action by the California Department of Justice. Some of you may have received a postcard notification. Submit a claim online here at: https://calg.calgaslitigation.com/ Now the bad news. …
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UPDATE: On 09-25-24, we finally received a name-redacted copy of the radiation spill report filed by a BNSF railroad worker to the California Department of Health. Get the Department of Health report. Sept. 10, 2024 – HazMat Spill Report Get the official San Benardino Fire Department Hazardous Materials (HazMat) spill report, with photos of the leaking containers, internal reports, and more. Get the document here….
UPDATED 09-25-24: California Public Records Act response with a letter from the NRC explaining the spill. See also a name-redacted copy of the official San Bernardino Fire Department report, including photos, on the recent spill of radioactive water from a rail shipment headed toward Clive Utah for disposal, and this report to our members. The spill came from water left inside a 100-ton, 37-foot high steel…
This is what you need to know: If this radiation leak had not been discovered by a railroad worker, and witnessed by local Hazmat responders, we would probably never know about it. This is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report on the recent leak of radioactive water from the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in a San Bernardino railroad yard. The junked nuclear equipment…
Yesterday the the Union Tribune reported that radioactive water is leaking out of junked equipment on rail cars leaving the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) near San Clemente California. Get the full story with photographs at the San Diego Union Tribune. This historically important story is reproduced here under Section 107 of U.S. copyright law. We encourage you to view the original article with…
The Chevron doctrine is dead. On June 28, 2024, a new Supreme Court Decision put long overdue limits on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and its power to ignore regulatory law on behalf of the big utilities it regulates. The Chevron doctrine asserted that if a federal law is ambiguous or has an “administrative gap,” then the courts must defer to the regulatory agency’s interpretation. This…
To find out if this is your Senator, enter your address here to find your California Representative 2024 California State Senators-San Diego County Catherine Blakespear (D), District 38 includes District Map Capitol Office Capitol Office, 1021 O Street, Suite 7340, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900; (916) 651-4038 District Offices 169 Saxony Road, Suite 209, Encinitas, CA 92024; (760) 642-0809 24031 El Toro Road, Suite 201A, Laguna Hills, CA…
To find out if this is your Senator, enter your address here to find your California Representative 2024 California State Senators-Orange County Lena Gonzales (D), District 33 includes Map Capitol Office Capitol Office, 1021 O Street, Suite 7720, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900; (916) 651-4033 District Office 3939 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 107, Long Beach, CA 90807; (562) 256-7921 3355 East Gage Avenue, Huntington Park, CA 90255; (323) 277-4560 Email…
Updated August 9, 2024. This page contains hard-to-get phone numbers and email addresses of your elected representatives in San Diego County by zip code and District. For a list of Orange County Senators, click here. For San Diego Senators, click here. For advice on how to talk to politicians and take action, click here. Let your elected leaders know what you are upset about and that…
This opinion from the Orange County Register is reproduced under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law and is published here for archival not-for-profit purposes. Please read the original report here. Electric bills have essentially doubled over the past decade Column: Free Edison programs aim to help you seal up. But the pain is real. By Teri Sforza | tsforza@scng.com | Orange County Register UPDATED:…
The following is a letter to the Editors of the Orange County Register in response to an exceptionally well-researched report by columnist Terri Sforza. The letter was written by Public Watchdogs’ Director of Development, Nina Babiarz, In the original opinion, Sforza pointed out the link between our sky-high electric rate increases, and how utility profits, are directly connected to the utilities’ questionable “costs.” In this response,…
WARNING: If you use Yahoo or AOL, you may never receive an email from Public Watchdogs because those emails are being censored. Yahoo is censoring emails from anti-nuclear groups such as Public Watchdogs, and also the emails of prominent citizens who support us, or have been actively organizing against the threat of nuclear war, nuclear disasters, and nuclear power. And because you are reading this, you…
The key point in this audit is that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has no way to verify how much money a utility has spent building infrastructure. CPUC has no process or procedure in place to determine how much a project actually cost. This report was written by the Auditor for the State of California. Get the Audit here.