California Launches New Business and Consumer Agency to Target Harmful Market Practices

California is launching a new cabinet-level agency that state officials say will consolidate consumer protection and business oversight of practices that increase costs for consumers and undermine fair competition. The California Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA), which officially launched July 1, will be led by former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra . According to a blog post by Ballard Spahr , the agency will coordinate multiple existing departments with a