Consumer Federation of California

…the DMV contract proposal would give government snoops new weapons to identify and record your presence at a protest rally or picket line. California lawmakers should stand up against the further expansion of government data collection technology that can be used to invade our privacy without first setting ironclad rules that limit its use to essential and lawful purposes.
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Calls for tighter controls and more information about how the federal bailout passed last year is being spent. And during his travels About the Bay, KCBS reporter Mike Sugerman started thinking about just who is getting that money. Listen to the CFC’s Zack Kaldveer comment on the bill. Read More ›

Every year the Consumer Federation of California monitors, supports, and opposes dozens of bills related to consumer rights. Every year many of these bills are “killed” in the legislature while many others reach the Governor’s desk to either be signed into law or vetoed.

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“Retailers either have to remove the product from their shelves or post a notice that its recalled and program their computers, their cash registers, not to allow someone to purchase that product,” said Richard Holober from the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›

North Coast State Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) earned a perfect 100-percent on the Consumer Federation of California’s recently-released scorecard for state lawmakers. She was one of only four Senators to vote correctly on all of the federation’s targeted legislation in 2008.
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With the deadline for digital TV conversion nearing, televisions are sure to be at the top on many holiday gift lists. The good news is The Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) recently released a report card on the TV industry’s recycling programs for discarded televisions. Read More ›

The California Progress Report is that site. Its unique value is that it provides an open on-line forum for dozens of advocacy groups that post news and opinion pieces about statewide issues. Read More ›

“The average working family is having a very tough time right now,” said Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California. “The utilities want them to pay more so that profitable companies can pay less. That’s just wrong.” Read More ›

“We applaud the ALJ’s reasoned decision,’ said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California. ‘The judge rightly found there was no justification for shifting these costs away from a company like Shell Oil and on to a family struggling to make ends meet.” Read More ›

“California voters didn’t fall for a Texas oil tycoon’s $10 billion money grab, no matter how much he spent camouflaging it as green,” Richard Holober, a spokesman for the No on Prop 10 campaign, and Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California, said in a statement after the bill was defeated. “Proposition 10 is the ultimate example of a wealthy special interest abusing the ballot initiative process to enrich itself.” Read More ›

The No on Proposition 10 campaign won a lopsided defeat of T Boone Pickens’ ballot measure. With 56 % of the ballots counted, 61% of voters were voting No and only 39% were voting Yes. Read More ›

“This has proved that one special interest, no matter how rich it is, can’t hoodwink Californians into passing a measure that just lines that interest’s pockets,” said Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California. Read More ›