Consumer Watchdog

Auto insurers pressed

THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE This week, the Automobile Club of Southern California broke ranks with the industry and said it would voluntarily…

Consumer Advocates Say “Affordability” Key to Stem Cell Ownership Rules;

Nurses Join Call For Strengthened Regulations With Role for Attorney General

Strong Arm the Strong Man

rnold has talked tough about prison reform since he took office, but the Strong Man's promises evaporated in 2006 when two successive…

Auto Club of SoCal to change how car insurance is calculated

Associated Press The Auto Club's decision sends a message to other insurers that "they can respect the wishes of the voters and…

Push for auto rate change;

BAY AREA FIRMS RESIST INSURER'S MOVE TO BASE POLICY ON DRIVING RECORDSan Jose Mercury News (California) "Californians have been waiting since 1988…

Some drivers’ insurance rates to be slashed

Pasadena Star-News (California) "Across the state, certainly across the county, you see rate disparities from one ZIP code to the next that…

California Auto Insurer Changes Rate Model

Morning Edition - National Public Radio (NPR) Ratepayer advocates in California, have been fighting for nearly 20 years, to get auto insurers…

Who’s Afraid of Campaign Finance Reform?

Arnold has always talked a good game about cleaning up cash register politics even as he has raised more campaign cash than…

Major Shift in Auto Policies;

Rates would emphasize safety and mileage, not ZIP Codes, for drivers insured by Auto Club. Adherence to Prop. 103 is a win…

HISTORIC CHANGE IN AUTO INSURANCE

FTCR Hails Move By First Auto Insurance Company To End ZIP Code Rating System, Comply With Proposition 103

VOTERS FACE CAMPAIGN ONSLAUGHT FOR PROPOSITIONS

The Daily News of Los Angeles Doug Heller, executive director of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer Rights, said his…

Cingular Sued for Service Lapses

Day To Day Radio Program (National Public Radio-NPR) The consumer watchdog group is arguing that these customers were charged for services that…

Cingular Sued by Users It Inherited

Former AT&T Wireless customers say they are being overcharged for using a new network. Former AT&T Wireless customers accused Cingular Wireless in…

You Can Lower Your Doctor Bill — Just Ask

BackStage Magazine According to the California Patient's Guide of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a California-based nonprofit education and advocacy…

Cingular/AT&T Lawsuit Filed in U.S. District Court — Seattle, Washington

Fact Sheet on the Cingular – AT&T Wireless Lawsuit

Who is the lawsuit against? The lawsuit is against Cingular Wireless Corporation, a national cell phone company, and AT&T Corporation and AT&T…

Lowering the Bar: Cingular Crippled Cell Service, Deceived & Overcharged AT&T Customers After Merger, Lawsuit Says

Consumers to Cingular: "Can You Hear Us Now?" Los Angeles, CA & Seattle, WA -- Cingular Wireless misled and overcharged millions of…

Is this the big moment?;

Earthquake insurance rates just dropped 22% statewide. For those who don't have coverage -- most of us -- it might be time…