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68-542: The California Public Utilities Commission ( CPUC or PUC ) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California , including electric power , telecommunications , natural gas and water companies. In addition, the CPUC regulates common carriers , including household goods movers, limousines, rideshare services ( § Transportation network companies ), self-driving cars , and rail crossing safety. The CPUC has headquarters in

136-577: A combined cycle gas turbine plant. The CPUC said the emissions standard is a vital step in addressing global warming . On February 8, 2008, CPUC President Michael Peevey issued a proposed decision on the implementation of California's greenhouse gas emissions legislation, AB 32 . The decision recommends a cap and trade program for the electricity sector in California that would impose regulations on owners and operators of generation in California and out-of-state generators delivering electricity to

204-515: A 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. This piece was adapted into the 2019 Netflix series Unbelievable . In 2016, ProPublica published an investigation of the COMPAS algorithm used by U.S. courts to assess the likelihood of a defendant becoming a recidivist . Led by Julia Angwin , the investigation found that "blacks are almost twice as likely as whites to be labeled a higher risk but not actually re-offend," whereas COMPAS "makes

272-582: A Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge", revealed that county authorities had charged some of the children under non-existent laws, as directed by Judge Donna Scott Davenport , and that, among Tennessee children referred to juvenile court, the statewide rate of incarceration was five percent, while in Rutherford County it was 48 percent. The article was a finalist in

340-514: A call is being recorded is the presence of a recorder warning tone: a 1,440 Hz tone repeating every fifteen seconds. In the 1960s, radio stations with call-in programs used to employ a recorder warning tone. The law now exempts lines used for call-in to broadcasts or cablecasts since it is presumed a caller to a telecast is aware their call is subject to being transmitted or recorded and intends for this to happen. The order requires that telephone utilities disconnect telephone service for violating

408-640: A controversial government practice of family separation at the southern border. Also in 2019, ProPublica reporter Hannah Dreier was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her series that followed immigrants on Long Island whose lives were shattered by a botched crackdown on MS-13 . In May 2020, ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for illuminating public safety gaps in Alaska . In that same year, ProPublica also won

476-642: A rebuttal of the investigation's findings. ProPublica conducted a large-scale, circumscribed investigation on Psychiatric Solutions , a company based in Tennessee that buys failing hospitals, cuts staff, and accumulates profit. The report covered patient deaths at numerous Psychiatric Solutions facilities, the failing physical plant at many of their facilities, and covered the State of Florida 's first closure of Manatee Palms Youth Services , which has since been shut down by Florida officials once again. Their report

544-402: A salary of $ 570,000. Steiger was formerly the managing editor at The Wall Street Journal , where his total compensation (including options ) was double that at ProPublica. Steiger's stated strategy is to use a Wall Street Journal pay model to attract journalistic talent. In 2010, eight ProPublica employees made more than $ 160,000, including managing editor Stephen Engelberg ($ 343,463) and

612-473: A series of reports commissioned by the CPUC for roughly $ 250,000. These reports reaffirmed continued weak budgeting practices and further discovered that approximately $ 200 million due from utility companies, including $ 50 million past due since 2017, with portions dating back as far as the 1990s. In February 2021, OSAE reaffirmed these findings, in response to a whistle blower complaint by former Executive Director, Alice Stebbins. In December 2020, Alice Stebbins

680-658: A tax-free Roth IRA account through his investments in private companies. Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that investigating the source of the release would be a top priority for the Justice Department. Research by ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio found juvenile incarcerations in Rutherford County, Tennessee , to be far higher than the national average. The investigation, published in October 2021 as "Black Children Were Jailed for

748-435: Is justified by the complexity of certain regulatory and directorial tasks, and the drawbacks of political interference. Some independent regulatory agencies perform investigations or audits , and other may fine the relevant parties and order certain measures. In a number of cases, in order for a company or organization to enter an industry, it must obtain a license to operate from the sector regulator. This license will set out

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816-624: Is overseen by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and provides incentives for solar system installations to customers of the state's three investor-owned utilities (IOUs): Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). The CSI program provides upfront incentives for solar systems installed on existing residential homes, as well as existing and new commercial, industrial, government, non-profit, and agricultural properties within

884-404: Is powered and driven by a sense of corporate social responsibility amongst the advertising industry." Regulatory agencies deal in the areas of administrative law , regulatory law , secondary legislation , and rulemaking (codifying and enforcing rules and regulations, and imposing supervision or oversight for the benefit of the public at large). The existence of independent regulatory agencies

952-494: Is that telephone calls cannot be recorded in California unless all parties to the call know it is being recorded. The order gives specific requirements for lawfully recording telephone calls. Based on the 1983 version, one way to meet the requirements may be to give a verbal warning. This often occurs by the playing of a recording in an automatic call distribution queue: "Your call may be recorded or monitored for quality assurance purposes." Another method allowed to warn all callers

1020-746: The Civic Center district of San Francisco , and field offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento . On April 1, 1878, the California Office of the Commissioner of Transportation was created. During the 19th century, public concerns over the unbridled power of the Southern Pacific Railroad grew to the point that a three-member Railroad Commission was established, primarily to approve transportation prices. However,

1088-856: The Food and Drug Administration in the United States and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the United Kingdom ; and, in the case of economic regulation , the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets and the Telecom Regulatory Authority in India . Regulatory agencies may be a part of the executive branch of the government and have statutory authority to perform their functions with oversight from

1156-462: The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their series, The Wall Street Money Machine . This was the first time a Pulitzer was awarded to a group of stories not published in print. In 2016, ProPublica won its third Pulitzer Prize, this time for Explanatory Reporting , in collaboration with The Marshall Project for "a startling examination and exposé of law enforcement 's enduring failures to investigate reports of rape properly and to comprehend

1224-761: The Sandler Foundation provided ProPublica with significant financial support, it also has received funding from the Knight Foundation , MacArthur Foundation , Pew Charitable Trusts , Ford Foundation , the Carnegie Corporation , and the Atlantic Philanthropies . ProPublica and the Knight Foundation have various connections. For example, Paul Steiger, executive chairman of ProPublica, is a trustee of

1292-536: The 2022 National Magazine Awards . Reportage continued by podcast , with The Kids of Rutherford County . In 2021, ProPublica published the results of a two-year analytical project involving examining billions of rows of EPA data to create a map to chart industrial pollution at the neighborhood level – the first of its kind. In five years' worth of EPA data, ProPublica identified over 1,000 toxic hotspots nationwide, estimating that 250,000 people living near these areas may have been exposed to levels of cancer risk that

1360-735: The Board of Railroad Commissioners was created. On March 20, 1909, the Railroad Commission of the State of California replaced these other entities. On February 9, 1911, the California Legislature passed the Railroad Commission Act reorganizing the Railroad Commission. On March 24, 1911, the California Legislature proposed a constitutional amendment giving it constitutional status, which was ratified by

1428-416: The CPUC did not know if user fees were spent on the programs they were collected for. The CPUC did not regularly audit public utilities to ensure the fees they collect from ratepayers were accurately paid to CPUC. Additionally, the CPUC did not consistently pursue delinquent user fees it was aware of, that utility companies collected. In October 2014, Commission President Michael Peevey decided to step down at

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1496-781: The CPUC has jurisdiction over components of the safety operations of government run utilities and common carriers. The CPUC regulates investor-owned electric and gas utilities within the state of California, including Pacific Gas & Electric , Southern California Edison , Southern California Gas and San Diego Gas & Electric . Among its stated goals for energy regulation are to establish service standards and safety rules, authorize utility rate changes, oversee markets to inhibit anti-competitive activity, prosecute unlawful utility marketing and billing activities, govern business relationships between utilities and their affiliates, resolve complaints by customers against utilities, implement energy efficiency and conservation programs and programs for

1564-694: The CPUC participates in California's Zero Net Energy program that helps builders and homeowners select effective home energy upgrades . The CPUC regulates intrastate telecommunications service and also the terms and conditions of service of wireless phone providers (but not entry or rates, which are the responsibility of the Federal Communications Commission .) The CPUC has developed a consumer-oriented communications website. The CPUC also reviews third-party-verification recordings to monitor for telephone slamming . The Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 (DIVCA) made

1632-640: The CPUC responsible for video (what were formerly known as cable TV ) franchises. The DIVCA granted the CPUC limited authority to regulate video service providers via a statewide franchise scheme. The CPUC is responsible for licensing video service providers, and enforcing certain anti discrimination and build out requirements imposed by the Act. Local franchise authorities will continue to regulate rights of way used by video providers, handle consumer complaints, and requirements as to public, educational, and government access (PEG) channels. Previously, licensing of franchises

1700-538: The CPUC then worked with parties to issue a proposed decision on SB 1's impacts to the California Solar Initiative program for public comment; this decision was approved by Commissioners on December 14, 2006. The program launched on January 1, 2007. The CSI Program was designed to be responsive to economies of scale in the California solar market – as the solar market grows, it was expected solar system costs would drop and incentives offered through

1768-486: The CPUC. Prior to the federal Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, the CPUC regulated intrastate airlines operating in California including jet air carriers Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Air California ; neither still exists. Regulatory agency These are customarily set up to strengthen safety and standards, and/or to protect consumers in markets where there is a lack of effective competition . Examples of regulatory agencies that enforce standards include

1836-408: The California electrical grid. In 2007 the CPUC adopted goals to have all California residential construction use zero net energy by 2020, and all new commercial construction use zero net energy by 2030. Zero Net Energy buildings each contribute an amount of renewable energy to a utility that will balance out any amount of non-renewable energy they extract from the utility. For residential buildings,

1904-545: The EPA deems unacceptable. ProPublica intended to represent data in a way where the public can understand the risk of breathing the air where they live. Through the map, the town of Verona, Missouri was identified to have an industrial cancer risk 27 times larger than the acceptable value. Subsequently, the EPA agreed to install three air monitors to track ethylene oxide concentration in Verona. Additional "hot spots" identified on

1972-418: The Knight Foundation. In like manner, Alberto Ibarguen, the president and CEO of the Knight Foundation is on the board of ProPublica. ProPublica, along with other major news outlets, received grant funding from Sam Bankman-Fried , the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX . ProPublica has attracted attention for the salaries it pays its employees. In 2008, Paul Steiger, the editor of ProPublica, received

2040-692: The Public Utilities Code, and that its provisions override any conflicting provision of the State Constitution which deals with the subject of regulation of public utilities. In 2013 and 2014, the Office of State Audits and Evaluations (OSAE) audited the CPUC budgeting practices and found significant weaknesses in the CPUC's budget operations. As a result, the CPUC could not assess whether transportation and utility companies are over or under charging ratepayers for user fees. Additionally,

2108-622: The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the United States Navy and the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) with civilian vessels in separate incidents in the western Pacific. The stories were written by T. Christian Miller , Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi. In 2021 and 2022, ProPublica journalists Lisa Song and Mark Olalde won SEAL Awards for consistent excellence in environmental reporting. In May 2024, ProPublica won

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2176-790: The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for reporting on the billionaires giving gifts to the US Supreme Court 's justices and covering their travel expenses. The stories were written by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy , Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg. In July 2024, Mary Hudetz was presented with the Richard LaCourse Award for Investigative Journalism by the Indigenous Journalists Association for her work on ProPublica’s "The Repatriation Project." Her reporting, which focused on

2244-598: The Southern Pacific quickly dominated this commission to its advantage, and public outrage re-ignited. As experience with public regulation grew, other common utilities were brought under the oversight of the Railroad Commission. On March 3, 1879, the Constitution of California was adopted by constitutional convention and was ratified by the electorate on May 7, 1879, and included provisions relating to Railroad Commissioners in article XII. On April 15, 1880,

2312-760: The Task Force mapping project and report, the CPUC launched an innovative California Advanced Services Fund (CASF), which is an infrastructure grant program for deploying broadband in unserved areas of California. The program is funded by a telephone surcharge of 0.56% for the period of March 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022. As of AB 1665, passed in October, 2017, broadband providers may apply for up to 100% funding of capital costs to deploy last-mile broadband in unserved areas. Unserved areas are those where no facility-based broadband provider offers service at speeds of at least 6 megabits per second downstream and 1 megabit per second upstream. The concept behind General Order 107-B

2380-698: The commissioners are: Some regulatory laws are implemented by the California State Legislature through the passage of laws. These laws often reside in the California Public Utilities Code. The CPUC Headquarters are in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento and the CPUC employs 1000 including judges, engineers, analysts, lawyers, auditors, and support. The CPUC does not regulate

2448-482: The complexities and obstacles in repatriating Native American remains and sacred objects from museums and universities "had rippling effects at the institutional level down to Indigenous communities and peoples". T. Christian Miller of ProPublica and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project collaborated on this piece about the process that discovered a serial rapist in Colorado and Washington state. The piece won

2516-413: The conditions by which the companies or organizations operating within the industry must abide. Regulatory regimes vary by country and industry. In the most light-touch forms of regulation, regulatory agencies are typically charged with overseeing a defined industry. Usually they will have two general tasks: In the event that the regulated company is not in compliance with its license obligations or

2584-552: The dataset they are collecting. For example, the Minneapolis Star Tribune partnered with ProPublica to write about reporting of hate crimes in Minnesota. In 2015, ProPublica launched Surgeon Scorecard, an interactive database that allows users to view complication rates for eight common elective procedures. The tool allows users to find surgeons and hospitals, and see their complication rates. The database

2652-492: The definition, the CPUC had attempted to group TNC services in the same category as limousines . Taxi industry groups opposed the creation of the new category, arguing that TNCs are taking away their business as illegal taxicab operations . The CPUC established regulations for TNC services at the same time as the definition. These included driver background checks, driver training, drug and alcohol policies, minimum insurance coverage of $ 1 million, and company licensing through

2720-519: The effects of eviction cases. The app was nominated for a Livingston Award . In June 2021, after receiving leaked, hacked, or stolen IRS documents, ProPublica published a report which claimed that tax rates for the wealthiest Americans were significantly lower than the average middle class tax rate, if unrealized capital gains are considered as equivalent to earned income . ProPublica would later reveal that technology investor and political donor Peter Thiel legally earned more than $ 5 billion in

2788-528: The electorate on October 10, 1911. On June 16, 1945, a constitutional amendment was proposed by the legislature to rename the Railroad Commission as the California Public Utilities Commission, which was ratified by the electorate on November 5, 1946. As a result of the amendment, the Constitution of California declares that the Public Utilities Code is the highest law in the state, that the legislature has unlimited authority to regulate public utilities under

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2856-597: The floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina , and was published both in The New York Times Magazine and ProPublica's website. ProPublica was the brainchild of Herbert and Marion Sandler , the former chief executives of the Golden West Financial Corporation , who have committed $ 10 million a year to the project. The Sandlers hired Paul Steiger , former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal , to create and run

2924-402: The floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina." It was written by ProPublica's Sheri Fink and published in The New York Times Magazine as well as on ProPublica.org. This was the first Pulitzer awarded to an online news source. The article also won the 2010 National Magazine Award for Reporting . In 2011, ProPublica won its second Pulitzer Prize. Reporters Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein won

2992-592: The governing body of the agency. Commissioners are appointed by the governor and must be confirmed by the California State Senate . The CPUC meets publicly to carry out the business of the agency, which may include the adoption of utility rate changes, rules on safety and service standards, implementation of conservation programs, investigation into unlawful or anticompetitive practices by regulated utilities and intervention into federal proceedings which affect California ratepayers. As of December 2022,

3060-556: The highest-paid reporter, Dafna Linzer , formerly of the Washington Post ($ 205,445). In 2010, ProPublica jointly won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (it was also awarded to the Philadelphia Daily News for an unrelated story) for "The Deadly Choices at Memorial", "a story that chronicles the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital's exhausted doctors when they were cut off by

3128-462: The involvement of Gina Haspel in enhanced interrogation techniques at a black site in Thailand. The report focused particularly on the harsh methods used on Abu Zubaydah , including waterboarding, confinement in small boxes, and wall slamming. In 2018, ProPublica retracted part of its 2017 report that incorrectly stated Gina Haspel was in charge of the black site. This retraction came after Haspel

3196-697: The law, the regulatory agency may be empowered to: In some instances, it is deemed in the public interest (by the legislative branch of government) for regulatory agencies to be given powers in addition to the above. This more interventionist form of regulation is common in the provision of public utilities , which are subject to economic regulation . In this case, regulatory agencies have powers to: The functions of regulatory agencies in prolong "collaborative governance" provide for generally non-adversarial regulation. Ex post actions taken by regulatory agencies can be more adversarial and involve sanctions, influencing rulemaking , and creating quasi-common law. However,

3264-496: The left leaning organizations that you have supported or that are friendly to what you've supported in the past." They said, "No problem." And when we set up our organizational structure, the board of directors, on which I sit and which Herb is the chairman, does not know in advance what we're going to report on. ProPublica had an initial news staff of 28 reporters and editors, including Pulitzer Prize winners Charles Ornstein , Tracy Weber , Jeff Gerth , and Marcus Stern . Steiger

3332-533: The legislative branch. Their actions are often open to legal review . However, some regulatory bodies are industry-led initiatives rather than statutory agencies, and are called 'voluntary organisations'. They may be not-for-profit organisations or limited companies. They derive their authority from members' commitments to abide by the standards applied by the regulator, for instance as the UK's Advertising Standards Authority says "The self-regulation system works because it

3400-519: The low-income and disabled, oversee the merger and restructure of utility corporations, and enforce the California Environmental Quality Act for utility construction. In 2008, the CPUC adopted California’s first Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. Leuwam Tesfai has served as Director of Energy Division and Deputy Executive Director of Energy and Climate Policy since 2022. The California Solar Initiative (CSI)

3468-517: The map include the city of Longview in eastern Texas; the most high-risk area of Longview has a risk level 72 times greater than the EPA's acceptable risk. This most high-risk area is the home of Texas Eastman Chemical Plant. According to ProPublica, its analysis of the plant's emissions detected ethylene oxide and 1-3 butadiene . The Texas Eastman Chemical Plant says it has conducted its own tests which "have revealed no areas of concern." In 2017, ProPublica published an investigative report detailing

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3536-482: The opposite mistake among whites: They are much more likely than blacks to be labeled lower-risk but go on to commit other crimes." They also found that only 20 percent of people predicted to commit violent crimes actually went on to do so. COMPAS developer Northpointe criticized ProPublica’s methodology, while a team at the Community Resources for Justice , a criminal justice think tank , published

3604-419: The order. A transportation network company (TNC) is a company that uses an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using their personal, non-commercial, vehicles . Examples include Lyft , Uber , Wingz , Haxi and Summon . The definition of a TNC was created by the CPUC in 2013, as a result of a rulemaking process around new and previously unregulated forms of transportation. Prior to

3672-631: The organization as editor in chief. At the time ProPublica was set up, Steiger responded to concerns about the role of the left-leaning political views of the Sandlers, saying on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer : Coming into this, when I talked to Herb and Marion Sandler, one of my concerns was precisely this question of independence and nonpartisanship ... My history has been doing "down the middle" reporting. And so when I talked to Herb and Marion I said "Are you comfortable with that?" They said, "Absolutely." I said, "Well, suppose we did an exposé of some of

3740-488: The program decline. The CPUC divided the overall megawatt goal for the incentive program into ten programmatic incentive level steps, and assigned a target amount of capacity in each step to receive an incentive based on dollars per-watt or cents per-kilowatt-hour. In January 2007, the CPUC adopted a greenhouse gas emissions standard that required new long-term commitments for baseload generation to serve California consumers with power plants that have emissions no greater than

3808-441: The program. The CPUC was nearing an August 24, 2006 Commission vote on proposed incentive level design, administrative structure, and planning schedule, when SB 1 was signed into law on August 21, 2006, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger . While SB 1 codified the state's commitment to the creation of a self-sustaining solar market, it also introduced several unanticipated requirements for the program. In order to conform to state law,

3876-698: The rates of utilities and common carriers operated by government agencies. Thus, such organizations as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power , San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit , and other municipally operated utilities or common carriers are not subject to rate regulation or tariff schedule filing with the CPUC. However, all municipal utilities and carriers in California must follow Public Utilities provisions on holding hearings and obtaining public input before raising rates or changing terms of service, and municipal utility customers have means of appeal of potential disconnections. Additionally,

3944-485: The resulting stories are distributed to news partners for publication or broadcast. In some cases, reporters from both ProPublica and its partners work together on a story. ProPublica has partnered with more than 90 different news organizations and has won several Pulitzer Prizes . In 2010, it became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize; the story chronicled the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital's exhausted doctors when they were cut off by

4012-482: The roles of regulatory agencies as "regulatory monitors" provide a vital function in administering law and ensuring compliance. ProPublica ProPublica ( / p r oʊ ˈ p ʌ b l ɪ k ə / ), legally Pro Publica, Inc. , is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time investigative reporters, and

4080-503: The service territories of the IOUs. The CSI program has a goal to install 1,800 MW of new solar (excluding solar water heating ) by the end of 2016. As of January 13, 2015, the CSI program has achieved a total of 1,743 MW of installed capacity, 96.8% of the program's goal, since its inception. On January 12, 2006, the CPUC issued an Interim Order that set initial policy and funding for

4148-618: The traumatic effects on its victims." In 2017, ProPublica and the New York Daily News were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series of reports on the use of eviction rules by the New York City Police Department . In 2019, the Peabody Awards honored ProPublica with the first-ever Peabody Catalyst Award for releasing audio in 2018 that brought immediate change to

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4216-574: The upcoming end of his second six-year term in December. The agency had an apparent cozy relationship with Pacific Gas & Electric , a utility whose gas line exploded in San Bruno killing eight people in 2010. His home in the Los Angeles suburb of La Cañada Flintridge was searched by criminal investigators in January 2015. In 2020, external auditors from Sjoberg Evanshenk Consulting delivered

4284-409: Was controversial, drawing criticism from doctors and prompting a critique from RAND . However, statisticians, including Andrew Gelman , stood behind their decision to attempt to shine light on an opaque aspect of the medical field, and ProPublica offered specific rebuttals to RAND's claims. ProPublica has created an interactive map that allows people to search for addresses in New York City to see

4352-415: Was dismissed from the position of executive director after allegedly "violating state personnel rules" and misleading "the public by asserting that as much as $ 200 million was missing from accounts intended to fund programs for the state’s blind". However, "Bay City News Foundation and ProPublica found that Stebbins was right about the missing money" Five commissioners each serve staggered six-year terms as

4420-600: Was handled by local authorities such as the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission . The CPUC also played a key role in the Governor's Broadband Task Force formed in 2006. The task force produced two reports making recommendations to the Governor on what could be done to enhance broadband in California, engaging in a broadband mapping project for California, and producing a broadband speed report. In response to

4488-704: Was nominated to lead the CIA , sparking renewed scrutiny of her record. The correction affected the credibility and impact of reporting on this topic, as highlighted by discussions in major news outlets like AP News . In 2023, ProPublica launched an investigative series uncovering the complexities and delays in repatriating Native American remains and cultural items under the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( NAGPRA ). The series exposed institutional resistance from museums and universities, driving significant policy discussions and increased efforts toward compliance. This investigative work earned Mary Hudetz

4556-544: Was published in conjunction with the Los Angeles Times . In 2017, ProPublica launched the Documenting Hate project for systematic tracking of hate crimes and bias incidents . The project is part of their Civil Rights beat, and allows victims or witnesses of hate crime incidents to submit stories. The project also allows journalists and newsrooms to partner with ProPublica to write stories based on

4624-488: Was reported to have received 850 applications upon ProPublica's announcement. The organization appointed a 12-member advisory board of professional journalists. The newsgroup shares its work under the Creative Commons no-derivative, non-commercial license. On August 5, 2015, Yelp announced a partnership with ProPublica to bring improved healthcare data into Yelp's statistics on healthcare providers. While

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