…the Assembly Committee on Higher Education voted to approve a SB 823 to re-establish regulations on private for-profit postsecondary schools including those that provide vocational training. Read More ›

“Manufacturing facilities, big facilities like hospitals and manufacturing facilities would be advantaged through those kinds of purchasing agreements because they can purchase a large block of energy” and use their purchasing power to get lower prices, said Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›

Giant investment banks and insurance companies with a history of scandals shouldn’t be allowed to monopolize our public utilities, said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›

Prior to Thursday’s vote, the Consumer Federation of California had pushed the PUC to place strict safety and maintenance requirements on the company’s new owners… Read More ›

The state of California is investigating Allstate insurance company to see if it gouged homeowners with excessive insurance premiums…Richard Holober, Consumer Federation of California: “We’re looking perhaps as much as half of the amount they’re charging as pure robbery.” Read More ›

The Consumer Federation of California today applauded Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s order against Allstate for overcharging Californians for homeowners insurance. Read More ›

Richard Holober, Consumer Federation of California: “This is a company (Allstate) that made five billion dollars in profit last year. And their profits are going up and up each quarter. Enough is enough. Let’s not let them blackmail Californians.” Read More ›

Doctors and patients are one step closer to getting information on effectiveness and side effects of medicine. Read More ›

A broad-based coalition of some 2,000 healthcare activists will stage a historic May 8 rally in Sacramento in support Sen. Sheila Kuehl’s ground-breaking SB840, which proposes guaranteed healthcare on a single-payer model… Read More ›

As a member of the California Public Utilities Commission, Susan Kennedy helped dismantle the nation’s first “bill of rights” for telephone customers and replace it with a less restrictive one. Read More ›

Richard Holober, executive director of the San Mateo-based Consumer Federation of California, fears that the REAL ID Act will create new opportunities for identity theft with a one-stop shop for thieves. Read More ›

Some worried that REAL ID could lead to a national database and loss of privacy…”We are very concerned these proposals will jeopardize privacy,” said Richard Holober, executive director of the San Mateo-based Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›

Lobbyists, private citizens and students voiced their concerns over the proposed REAL ID program at a town hall-style meeting at Freeborn Hall on Tuesday…Richard Holober, a representative from the Consumer Federation of California, called the national database a “one-stop shop” for identity thieves. Read More ›