A new California law could make your next car rental more expensive
February 24, 2022|By William P. David| THE NEW YORK TIMES “It’s just another way to get additional money without having it show up in the rack rate or the base rate on the car,” Robert Herrell, the executive director of the Consumer Federation of California, told me. “We … Read More ›
$1.75 Billion in COVID-19 Auto Insurance Savings
When COVID-19 stay at home orders and mass layoffs idled millions of motorists, the Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation got busy. In March 2020, we petitioned the California Department of Insurance to order auto insurance refunds or credits to motorists. Fewer workers were commuting to their … Read More ›
CFC’s Unending Quest to Protect Consumer Privacy, This Time in Cars
One of the growing trends in vehicle technology is that more and more vehicles are equipped with in-vehicle cabin cameras that look inside your car. The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) is sponsoring legislation to ensure that the private data and recordings of those cameras inside your … Read More ›
A Conversation with Dan Morain, Author of Kamala’s Way
If you missed our online event on February 18, 2021 with Dan Morain, author of a new biography of Vice President Kamala Harris, you can view it here.
A Conversation with Richard Cordray
If you missed the online event on December 16, 2020 with Richard Cordray, author and former Director of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he discussed his book Watchdog – How Protecting Consumers Can Save our Families, our Economy, and our Democracy. you can view it … Read More ›
Workers deserve protection from COVID-19. The agency responsible for that doesn’t care.
Opinion NBC News
Big Banks Profit from White Supremacy. They Should Return PPP Fees to Black and Latino Communities
Next City Op-Ed
See which bills affecting California consumers and taxpayers did and did not pass
San Francisco Chronicle
Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor organizing threats’ following public outcry
CNBC article
AB 2167: An end-run on regulations that make insurers justify rate increases
While Californians are hunkered down to survive the pandemic, the insurance industry is sneaking AB 2167 (Daly) through the legislature. It would short circuit the Insurance Commissioner’s rate review process, which requires insurers to base homeowners’ rates on justified factors. It is estimated that AB 2167 could … Read More ›
Editorial: Reject Prop. 24, California’s online privacy measure Complex ballot measure is the wrong way to go about achieving consumer protections
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