When an insurance company spends millions to eliminate consumer protections, claiming it really wants to save drivers money, the joke is on us. But that’s exactly what Mercury Insurance is doing with its Proposition 17, the “lose a job, pay higher insurance rates” initiative. Read More ›

The California Fair Elections Act is based on the simple notion that elected officials should be accountable to the voters, not donors and special interests. That’s why the Consumer Federation of California fought to get Proposition 15 on the ballot, and that’s why we will fight to ensure it wins approval this June. Read More ›

Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) recently qualified ballot initiative ‘ Proposition 16 – would lock-in high electricity rates by killing competition from outside energy providers and the public itself. Read More ›

…a restraint on credit-card excesses is not only good for consumers, it is healthy for the industry as well. Last year, U.S. banks had to write off about $35 billion in credit card debt. But with the end of the era of easy indebtedness comes a need for consumers to look even closer at the detailed cost of their credit cards. Read More ›

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is funding a June ballot initiative that would amend California’s constitution to make it much harder for cities and counties to offer residents another choice for buying their power. Read More ›

In a stark reminder of growing costs, the government has released a new estimate that healthcare spending grew to a record 17.3% of the U.S. economy last year, marking the largest one-year jump in its share of the economy since the government started keeping such records half a century ago. Read More ›