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www .dca .ca .gov. The California Department of Consumer Affairs ( DCA) is a department within the California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. DCA's stated mission is to serve the interests of California's consumers by ensuring a standard of professionalism in key industries and promoting informed consumer practices.
The 2000–2001 California electricity crisis, also known as the Western U.S. energy crisis of 2000 and 2001, was a situation in which the U.S. state of California had a shortage of electricity supply caused by market manipulations and capped retail electricity prices. [ 10] The state suffered from multiple large-scale blackouts, one of the ...
StreetPrices was founded in October 1997, [1] [2] making it the third price comparison service website, behind PriceWatch (1995) and ComputerESP/uVision (1996). StreetPrices was the first site to offer price graphs and price alerts (both released by December 1998), [3] and was listed in the Consumer Reports Buying Guide every year in which they listed price comparison services by name. [4]
Meanwhile, consumer complaints about solar-panel salespeople have skyrocketed in recent years. The FTC received 5,331 complaints containing the phrase “solar panels” between Jan. 1 and Sept ...
Prices are up 17.6% since Joe Biden became president, according to the Consumer Price Index. It’s a number Republicans love to cite. It’s the biggest increase during the first 34 months of a ...
The DFPI protects California consumers and oversees the operations of state-licensed financial institutions, including banks, credit unions, debt collectors, nonbank mortgage lenders, student loan servicers, money transmitters, and others. Additionally, the department licenses and regulates a variety of financial businesses, including ...
U.S. states and D.C. by median home price, February 2024 (in February 2024 dollars) [1] State rank State or territory Median home price in US$ 1 Hawaii: $839,013 2 California: $765,197 — District of Columbia: $610,548 3 Massachusetts: $596,410 4 Washington: $575,894 5 Colorado: $539,151 6 Utah: $509,433 7 New Jersey: $503,432 8 Oregon: $487,244 9
This spring, when Wendy’s announced plans to use AI-powered digital menus with variable pricing based on the time of day, fans immediately accused it of pricing-gouging. No, no, Wendy’s said ...