“Financial commitments made to top corporate executives when they retire are not just one-time payments, they literally continue for a lifetime,” said Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›

Backers include consumer organizations – including the Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, and Consumer Attorneys of California.
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Major telecommunications corporations, including AT&T and Verizon, have supported the bill, and would stand to benefit the most from its passage. Read More ›

“We see this as a withering away and the elimination of PUC regulation over telecommunication,” said Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California. “We think that would be bad public policy.” Read More ›

Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of California, AARP California and the California Broadband Policy Network are among the bill’s foes. Read More ›

“SB 990 would undermine consumer protection in order to enhance the profits of a single out-of-state company,” said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California. “Carfax would undoubtedly benefit from this legislation, but it would be categorically unsafe for consumers.” Read More ›

…Carfax data are limited and questionable given the company reveals few details about its gathering due to proprietary rights. Others opposed include…the Consumer Federation of California and Consumer Watchdog.
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Debt buyers will be prohibited from getting a legal judgment against consumers — or sending any written material to consumers — unless they can document that they’ve matched the right person to the debt. Read More ›

Like other interest groups – such as gun owners, property rights advocates and environmentalists – the Consumer Federation of California tracks legislation that affects its particular concerns. Read More ›

SB 890 is supported by the AFSCME (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees), Consumer Federation of California, Consumers Union, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, and various community legal, labor and civil rights organizations. It will be heard in the Assembly this spring. Read More ›

Consumer Watchdog Campaign and Consumer Federation of California were joined by Sharada Polavarapu, a San Francisco resident who relies solely on mass transit, to call on the Republican Party to oppose this ballot initiative as an attack on the middle class. Read More ›

The labels are “beneficial to consumers who care where their products are made to have truthful information when determining what to buy,” Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California, said in an interview. “The federal law is weaker so we are better off not changing a good standard.” Read More ›

Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California, opposes the bill because his group sees it as an opportunity to overturn a state Supreme Court decision in January 2011 that ruled consumers could claim harm was done if they were deceived into buying a product because it was purported to be ‘Made in the USA.’ Read More ›