Insurance
Soaring Insurance Rates
National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition Many businesses are getting a shock when they try to renew their insurance coverage. Premiums for…
Nov 4, 2002Consumer Watchdog
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LAKES: A COKE AND A SMILE; CITY SIGNS EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH COLA GIANT
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Groups such as the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights have said such beverage contracts…
Nov 3, 2002
Healthcare
It can’t hurt to get 2nd opinion;
American Heart Association offers guidelinesThe San Francisco Chronicle When it comes to serious medical conditions, getting a "second opinion" is often not…
Nov 3, 2002
Insurance
Homeowners in California faced by dearth of insurance
The San Francisco Chronicle Homeowners insurance in California is approaching a crisis level, according to the state Department of Insurance.
Nov 3, 2002
Insurance
Homeowner insurance rates up in California
Associated Press State & Local Wire From homeowners who file claims and face increased rates to insurance companies who have stopped issuing…
Nov 3, 2002
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Likely voters favor school, water bonds Democrats have hairsbreadth to hefty leads in lower-profile statewide races.
The Sacramento Bee A consumer group this week accused the party of funneling insurance industry money to Mendoza, who like Garamendi had…
Nov 2, 2002
Energy
EDISON’S 3RD QUARTER STRONG
The Daily News of Los Angeles Edison's opponents working to stop a bailout agreement between Edison and the California Public Utilities Commission…
Nov 2, 2002
Energy
Potential Buyers Eye California’s Energy Bonds for Decent Income
The San Diego Union-Tribune The California electricity crisis may have cost state consumers billions of dollars, but it becomes an investment opportunity…
Nov 1, 2002
Insurance
Sizable jump in health-care costs stings employees
Chicago Daily Herald Many employees also are seeing jumps in the amount they're charged as a co-payment for office visits and prescription…
Oct 31, 2002
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Donation by GOP Heats Up Race for Insurance Chief
The Los Angeles Times As the election nears, the Republican Party has dropped $1.2 million into the campaign of insurance commissioner candidate…
Oct 30, 2002Republican Party Shifts $1 Million+ to Mendoza After Receiving Major Insurance Industry Donations
Party Gives Ins. Commissioner Candidate Double Amount It Gives Simon, And More Than All "Down-Ticket" Candidates Combined
Oct 29, 2002
Insurance
Insurance commissioner race looks familiar
Associated Press State & Local Wire This year's insurance commissioner race looks like a flashback to 1990 - with consumers fretting about…
Oct 29, 2002
Insurance
California Republican party gives more to insurance candidate
Associated Press State & Local Wire The California Republican party has transferred nearly $1.2 million to Gary Mendoza's campaign for insurance commissioner…
Oct 29, 2002
Healthcare
UCI adopts medical error plan
Hospitals: Staff won't immediately face penalty. UC program first assumes that the system is at fault.The Orange County Register University of California…
Oct 28, 2002
Insurance
Insurance commissioner candidates face tough issues; Election 2002 – Getting Out The Vote; John Garamendi
Los Angeles Business Journal Once in office in 1991, Garamendi sparred with the industry over implementation of Prop. 103, which tightened regulations,…
Oct 28, 2002
Energy
Gadfly Stands Front, Center;
Activist Criticized By Some As An OpportunistSan Jose Mercury News If there's a march, a rally or a sleep-in -- whether it's…
Oct 28, 2002
Insurance
Many in San Diego Stung by Insurance Rate Increase
The San Diego Union-Tribune For many people, construction firms, landlords and, increasingly, home buyers the sky-high rates and rapid-fire cancellations of insurance…
Oct 25, 2002
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Putting Political Reform to the Test
New Law Against Influence-Peddling Creates Legal TangleThe Los Angeles Daily Journal In 1999, a political reform group looked around California and saw…
Oct 23, 2002