Consumer Federation Slams Utilities on Smart Meter Privacy Position
by a2zresource, San Diego Reader
In its recent regulatory filing, the Consumer Federation of California attacks the arguments of investor owned utilities…seeking to avoid regulatory liability for abuses of private consumer data taken from smart meters by non-utility third parties. Read More ›
Reverse Mortgages: Is it the right choice for you and your family?
Seniors across the country have been cheated by unscrupulous lenders and third-party estate planning firms who lure homeowners with unfair or unlawful contract terms. Read More ›
CFC Supports AB 1075 (Shelley) 2001 ‘ Nursing Home Staffing Ratios – Signed
This bill increased staffing in Skilled Nursing Facilities (nursing homes) to more adequate levels recommended by a broad coalition of consumer and health groups. At the time, staffing was inadequate to provide quality patient care. Read More ›
CFC Supports AB 634 (Steinberg) – Elder Abuse Actions – Signed
Established state policy disfavoring secret settlements of lawsuits brought under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA) that conceal evidence of financial abuse, neglect, or physical abuse. Read More ›
CFC Supports AB 2947 (Eng) – Nursing Home Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration ‘ Vetoed
AB 2947 would have prohibited RCFEs from requiring, as a condition of admission to or continued residence and care at the facility, the waiver of legal rights and remedies by an elder or dependent adult or his or her representative as against public policy. Read More ›
GOP ‘run over by a truck’ in down-ticket races
by Jack Dolan and Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times
A former legal aid attorney with a Harvard law degree…Jones won endorsements from trial lawyers and leading consumer advocates, including the Consumer Federation of California. Large insurance companies shelled out millions of dollars to run ads on Villines’ behalf. Read More ›
PG&E tab for San Bruno blast may hit $1 billion
by Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News
…Richard Holober…of the Consumer Federation of California, called any increase “intolerable at a time when we have high unemployment, declining incomes and declining values in retirement funds. People are at the breaking point and are no longer able to say, ‘We’ll just suck it up and pay what PG&E demands.'” Read More ›
Prop 26 ‘ Voters Must Reject the Polluter Protection Act
by Richard Holober, Consumer Federation of California, California Progress Report
Prop 26 is a sneak attack on environmental and health regulations that costs California’s general fund a billion dollars a year. Voters must reject this big oil and big tobacco hand out, and reject it they will.
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California’s Other Ballot Initiative
by Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones
The Consumer Federation of California called it a “sneak attack on environmental and health regulations.” Like its companion on the ballot, Prop. 26 has enjoyed the support of big oil companies; Chevron has given $4 million to the effort to pass Prop 26, and ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum have also contributed, as has tobacco company Phillip Morris. Read More ›
Insurance Industry Wants to Buy This Election
by By Rosemary Shahan, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, California Progress Report
Jones has repeatedly earned 100% pro-consumer ratings in the Consumer Federation of California’s Legislative scorecard. Villines’ voting record is the polar opposite. For years, on high-stakes issues ranging from the price of health care to whether insurers can discriminate on the basis of where you live, the vast majority of the time, Villines has voted for insurance industry giants, and against individuals and families. Read More ›
Monning faces challenger for state Assembly seat
by GRISELDA D. RAMIREZ, The Californian
Monning said he’s been endorsed by nearly 500 groups and individuals, including the Consumer Federation of California, Sierra Club California, California League of Conservation Voters, California Labor Federation along with firefighters, law enforcement and the mayors he represents. Read More ›
California’s props and the business impact
by Ben Keller and Clay Moffitt , Fresno Business Journal
“It (2/3’s budget rule) gives enormous power to a small minority of the legislature…so you get a budget that doesn’t reflect what Californians actually want,” said Zack Kaldveer, spokesperson for the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›
California insurance commissioner to gain more power from federal healthcare law
by By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
The Consumer Federation of California in San Mateo endorsed Jones. It gave him a 99% pro-consumer voting record on the group’s “legislative scorecards” and gave Villines a 15% score. Read More ›