The Consumer Federation of California released today its 2007 Scorecard for State Lawmakers. Legislators were rated by their key votes on consumer rights bills. Read More ›

Among the hundreds of bills the Governor signed and vetoed this weekend, several may hit you in the pocket book. Here’s a look on how the Governor sided on key bills designed to protect consumers. Read More ›

AB1324 strengthens the law’s protections and makes clear that insurance companies cannot cancel health care policies and leave patients stranded when they need coverage the most. The bill passed out of the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support in both houses and now awaits Gov. Schwarzenegger’s signature. Read More ›

…a controversial bill…would require chain restaurants in the state, including quick-serves, to post nutritional information on menu boards and printed menus…”There’s a health epidemic in this country, and people deserve to know what they are putting in their bodies.” says Zack Kaldveer, a spokesman for CFC. Read More ›

KPIX TV’s “Consumer Watch” interviews the Consumer Federation of California about extended warranties for computers. Read More ›

Consumer advocates fought more than four years for state regulators to adopt protections favorable to California’s 28 million cell phone users. It took only eight months and a nudge from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to make the rules disappear. Read More ›

Is the bottled water you drink any better than what comes out of the tap? Is it from the tap? Most companies that sell H2O hate the idea, but the California Legislature wants to make it easier for people to find out what minerals, chemicals or bacteria are in the water they buy… Read More ›

California is projected to see nearly half a million foreclosures among subprime loans originated between 1998-2006 yet the state’s lawmakers have taken no action to address the mortgage collapse… Read More ›

A coalition of California consumer organizations, including California ACORN, the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC), the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), Consumer Federation of California (CFC) and Consumers Union demanded stronger, swifter action on the part of the California legislature in response to the subprime mortgage crisis at a press conference in Sacramento today. Read More ›

“Rather than focus too much on China we should think about what kind of rules we should set up in our country,” said Zack Kaldveer, spokesman of the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›

The staff for Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, noted this week in a press release that the lawmaker scored 100 percent on his 2006 voting record on consumer protection legislation, as defined by the Consumer Federation of California. It was also noted that the average score in the Senate was – tsk, tsk – 68 percent and the average score in the Assembly was 62 percent. Read More ›

In the wake of a rash of health concerns over Chinese imports, consumer watchdogs in Sacramento are calling on the U.S. Senate to pass new county-of-origin food labeling rules. Read More ›

In the wake of increasing incidences of tainted food products in the U.S., particularly those coming from China, consumer and family farm representatives urged the US Senate to enact country of origin labeling (COOL) laws. Read More ›