CFC Supports AB 2654 (Hill) – Solicitations
AB 2654 would protect consumers from deceptive solicitations from non-governmental agencies posing as government fee notification letters. Read More ›
CFC Supports AB 2289 (Eng) – Smog Check Program
AB 2289 would reduce pollution through the use of new technologies that provide considerable time and cost savings to consumers. Read More ›
CFC Supports SB 1264 (Leno) – Commercial Airline Passenger Rights
SB 1264 would provide protections for passengers who are forced to remain on a plane for more than two hours by requiring airlines to provide water, food, fresh air, and functioning restrooms. Read More ›
CFC Supports SB 885 (Corbett) – Gift Certificate Redemption
SB 885 would allow consumers to redeem the remaining value of their gift card if the cash value is up to $20. Read More ›
Propositions on the June 8 ballot
by Linda Williams, The Willits News
Opponents believe Proposition 17 will allow insurance companies to raise premiums on drivers who, for virtually any reason, did not have insurance coverage at some point in the past five years and will make insurance more expensive overall. Read More ›
Battleground California
by Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, Huffington Post
The Consumer Federation of California calls it (Prop 16) an anti-democratic power grab, but the utility has already spend $35 million and appears poised to spend at least another $30 million to lock in its monopoly and force Californians to pay more for dirtier power if the utility wants them to. Read More ›
San Diego Chamber of Commerce Opposes Prop 16
by San Diego Chamber of Commerce, East County Magazine
Politics makes strange bedfellows’and in the case of Proposition 16, almost nobody is being swayed by Pacific Gas & Electric’s efforts to woo voters. Read More ›
The Butler Didn’t Do It
by Robert Elisberg, Huffington Post
…it is the big oil, drug and insurance groups who have the most to gain by smearing someone backed by environmentalists, medical attorneys and consumer protection groups and defeating Betsy Butler. Read More ›
Proposition 16 changes rules on public power
by David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
The ballot measure, funded to the tune of $35 million almost entirely by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., would force local governments to win the approval of two-thirds of their voters before jumping into the electricity business. Read More ›
Voters to make choices on five state propositions
by E.J. Schultz, Fresno Bee
From making a major change to the state’s election system to tweaking a property tax law, voters will face proposition decisions big and small on the June 8 primary ballot. The number of measures — five — is about average for a primary election when turnout is usually lower. Read More ›
Follow the Money – No on Prop 16
by Richard Holober, Executive Director, Consumer Federation of California , California Progress Report
Prop 16 is a laboratory example of how the ballot initiative has been twisted from its initial purpose of serving citizen democracy into yet another weapon in the arsenal of an arrogant special interest. Our votes should speak louder than PG&E’s millions. This June, send Prop 16 packing. Read More ›
CFC’s Zack Kaldveer is Interviewed By Norman Solomon on the Progressive Radio Network
by Norman Solomon, Progressive Radio Network
Listen to CFC’s Zack Kaldveer interviewed on the Progressive Radio Network by Norman Solomon, a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. Topics include consumer rights issues, the corrosive influence of corporate money in politics and how it subverts the public interest, the costs of war, and more. Read More ›
Prop. 15, state’s Fair Elections Act, gets money out of politics
Voter approval of Proposition 15 will demonstrate effective public campaign financing in California, and lobbyist registration fees are an appropriate funding source for ensuring a level playing field in elections. Read More ›