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Contra Costa Times (California) Supporters (of Prop 71) have high hopes for the research, believing it will lead to new therapies and…
Jul 15, 2006THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Democrats are supposed to care about people who are being forced to choose between filling up their cars…
Jul 15, 2006State Agency Approves Commissioner Garamendi's New Rules To Base Auto Premiums on Motorists' Driving Records Rather Than ZIP Code; Insurers Must File…
Jul 15, 2006Don't weaken rules on stem cell licensingSacramento Bee CIRM needs to stay true to the promise of Proposition 71, which voters approved…
Jul 13, 2006THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE This week, the Automobile Club of Southern California broke ranks with the industry and said it would voluntarily…
Jul 13, 2006Nurses Join Call For Strengthened Regulations With Role for Attorney General
Jul 13, 2006rnold has talked tough about prison reform since he took office, but the Strong Man's promises evaporated in 2006 when two successive…
Jul 13, 2006Associated Press The Auto Club's decision sends a message to other insurers that "they can respect the wishes of the voters and…
Jul 11, 2006BAY AREA FIRMS RESIST INSURER'S MOVE TO BASE POLICY ON DRIVING RECORDSan Jose Mercury News (California) "Californians have been waiting since 1988…
Jul 11, 2006Pasadena Star-News (California) "Across the state, certainly across the county, you see rate disparities from one ZIP code to the next that…
Jul 11, 2006Morning Edition - National Public Radio (NPR) Ratepayer advocates in California, have been fighting for nearly 20 years, to get auto insurers…
Jul 11, 2006Arnold has always talked a good game about cleaning up cash register politics even as he has raised more campaign cash than…
Jul 11, 2006Rates would emphasize safety and mileage, not ZIP Codes, for drivers insured by Auto Club. Adherence to Prop. 103 is a win…
Jul 10, 2006FTCR Hails Move By First Auto Insurance Company To End ZIP Code Rating System, Comply With Proposition 103
Jul 10, 2006The Daily News of Los Angeles Doug Heller, executive director of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer Rights, said his…
Jul 9, 2006Day To Day Radio Program (National Public Radio-NPR) The consumer watchdog group is arguing that these customers were charged for services that…
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