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Attorney General Rob Bonta and Senator Limón Introduce Bill, Co-sponsored by Consumer Advocacy Groups, to Safeguard Consumers from Medical Debt

Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senator Monique Limón (D- Santa Barbara), and a coalition of prominent consumer advocacy organizations today unveiled Senate Bill 1061 (SB 1061), legislation seeking to protect consumers from having their credit ruined by prohibiting medical debt from being … Read More ›

$1.75 Billion in COVID-19 Auto Insurance Savings

When COVID-19 stay at home orders and mass layoffs idled millions of motorists, the Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation got busy. In March 2020, we petitioned the California Department of Insurance to order auto insurance refunds or credits to motorists. Fewer workers were commuting to their … Read More ›

CFC’s Unending Quest to Protect Consumer Privacy, This Time in Cars

One of the growing trends in vehicle technology is that more and more vehicles are equipped with in-vehicle cabin cameras that look inside your car.  The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) is sponsoring legislation to ensure that the private data and recordings of those cameras inside your … Read More ›

A Conversation with Dan Morain, Author of Kamala’s Way

If you missed our online event on February 18, 2021 with Dan Morain, author of a new biography of Vice President Kamala Harris, you can view it here.

Prop. 24: Vote NO on confusing ‘Consumer Protection’

Bakersfield Californian Opinion

Big Banks Profit from White Supremacy. They Should Return PPP Fees to Black and Latino Communities

Next City Op-Ed

See which bills affecting California consumers and taxpayers did and did not pass

San Francisco Chronicle

Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor organizing threats’ following public outcry

CNBC article

AB 2167: An end-run on regulations that make insurers justify rate increases

While Californians are hunkered down to survive the pandemic, the insurance industry is sneaking AB 2167 (Daly) through the legislature. It would short circuit the Insurance Commissioner’s rate review process, which requires insurers to base homeowners’ rates on justified factors. It is estimated that AB 2167 could … Read More ›

Editorial: Reject Prop. 24, California’s online privacy measure Complex ballot measure is the wrong way to go about achieving consumer protections

Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards

New California Financial Watchdog Would Take Aim At Predatory Lenders Amid Pandemic

Read full NPR article here

Uber and Lyft just got hit with another lawsuit in California over claims the companies are skirting the state’s gig worker law

Business Insider article here

The Technology 202: Privacy advocates battle each other over whether California’s Proposition 24 better protects consumers

Washington Post article here

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