From making a major change to the state’s election system to tweaking a property tax law, voters will face proposition decisions big and small on the June 8 primary ballot. The number of measures — five — is about average for a primary election when turnout is usually lower. Read More ›

The ballot measure, funded to the tune of $35 million almost entirely by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., would force local governments to win the approval of two-thirds of their voters before jumping into the electricity business. Read More ›

Prop 16 is a laboratory example of how the ballot initiative has been twisted from its initial purpose of serving citizen democracy into yet another weapon in the arsenal of an arrogant special interest. Our votes should speak louder than PG&E’s millions. This June, send Prop 16 packing. Read More ›

Listen to CFC’s Zack Kaldveer interviewed on the Progressive Radio Network by Norman Solomon, a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. Topics include consumer rights issues, the corrosive influence of corporate money in politics and how it subverts the public interest, the costs of war, and more. Read More ›

The Consumer Federation of California witnesses first hand how this “pay to play” system undermines the public interest, as one proposed consumer protection law after another is crushed under a ton of corporate special-interest donations. Read More ›

Opponents also contend that the initiative would make rates unaffordable for many new drivers and those with tarnished records, boosting the number of uninsured cars on the road and thereby raising safety risks and eventually premiums for everyone. Read More ›

Prop 15 pays for itself, primarily through registration fees on lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers. No taxpayer dollars are used for Prop 15, despite its oppositions’ misleading claims to the contrary. Currently lobbyists only pay $12.50 per year in California, one of the lowest rates in the country. Read More ›

…the effect of broadcasters’ refusal to provide under-funded campaigns free response time since the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine for ballot measures…has been to increase the amount of one-sided information voters receive before entering the voting booth. Read More ›

Fair elections work. Nearly 400 candidates from different backgrounds have been elected with this system in eight states and two cities – new people with new ideas from all walks of life, not the same old career politicians. Read More ›

Zack and Nicole discuss CFC “White Paper” on the negative impact the cost of the Afghanistan War has on California taxpayers, our massive ongoing budget deficits, and our ability to adequately invest in the health and well being of our own citizens. Read More ›

Jones also is touting his 100 percent rating from the Consumer Federation of California and has introduced a flurry of headline-grabbing bills during the last two Assembly sessions — a clever use of incumbency to build name ID. Read More ›

“At the end of the day, there’s no reason why patients who get sample drugs at a doctor’s office should be less informed than if they filled a prescription at any licensed pharmacy,” said Richard Holober, Executive Director of CFC. Read More ›

“The changes proposed to the law by Senator Simitian’s Senate Bill 1166 enhance identity theft protection for Californians,” said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›