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Adams Steel, Irvine Co. and three others donate at least $110,000 for the January inaugural events.The Orange County Register (California) Carmen Balber,…
Dec 19, 2006Recently Promoted Former Insurance Lobbyist Dunmoyer Will Hurt Governor's Bipartisan Push
Dec 18, 2006
Donor list includes health insurers and builders who have agendas in the Capitol.The Sacramento Bee (California) Carmen Balber, a consumer advocate with…
Dec 16, 2006Donations coincide with planning for revamp of systemThe San Francisco Chronicle Some critics noted that the big contributions from the health care…
Dec 16, 2006The San Francisco Chronicle Carmen Balber, a consumer advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica-based group that…
Dec 15, 2006Governor's Top Staff Includes Many With Ties to Insurance Industry and Opponents of Healthcare Reform
Dec 14, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) A consumer group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, advocates cutting health care costs by regulating…
Dec 13, 2006The San Francisco Chronicle Watchdog groups say the galas hosted by Schwarzenegger are still deeply distressing. "It reminds me of the wedding…
Dec 13, 2006The San Francisco Chronicle Zach Hall, 69, brought both vision and pragmatism to the fledgling California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). On…
Dec 12, 2006Oversight is all too often an oversightThe Kansas City Star Insurance companies have far deeper pockets, and far greater political pull, than…
Dec 12, 2006Financial connection to Greenberg organization citedNational Underwriter - Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management Edition A California consumer group has criticized former…
Dec 11, 2006Ex-assemblyman's reversal draws fireThe San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Some consumer advocates are outraged, saying the job is a payoff for Vargas' friendly…
Dec 8, 2006The San Jose Mercury News (California) Vargas, who left office last month, headed the Assembly Insurance Committee for the past four years,…
Dec 8, 2006
State institute would see a share of their profitsThe San Francisco Chronicle John Simpson, stem cell project director for the Capitol Foundation…
Dec 8, 2006The Los Angeles Times John Simpson of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights praised Hall for his "tremendous contribution,"…
Dec 8, 200610-year spending strategy likely to get board approval.The Sacramento Bee (California) Watchdog groups say the plan offers a refreshingly sober contrast to…
Dec 7, 2006