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Sacramento Bee With their final adjournment scheduled for midnight tonight, state legislators are in a frantic, last-minute struggle to ease the sky-high…
Aug 31, 2000An advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) prevailed over more than two dozen insurance industry lobbyists in winning…
Aug 31, 2000Associated Press A rescue plan for San Diego's strapped utility customers moved through the Legislature on Wednesday night, offering a $150 million…
Aug 30, 2000Los Angeles Times Camped in Sacramento to plead for relief from electricity bills that have cost San Diegans hundreds of million of…
Aug 29, 2000The Recorder Like thousands of others, this settlement would be secret, the opposing attorneys agreed. So a private school in La Jolla…
Aug 29, 2000Assembly Bill 265 (Alpert & Davis), which passed the Senate 30-0 today, has serious flaws for ratepayers.
Aug 29, 2000Follows Recommendation of Senate Insurance Report Today SB 1805 was introduced to place the Department of Insurance's final examinations of insurance companies'…
Aug 29, 2000A CONTENTIOUS VOTE IS EXPECTED WHEN THE MEASURE REACHES THE FULL ASSEMBLY.Los Angeles Times A bill to clean up the scandal-ridden office…
Aug 25, 2000The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) wrote Attorney General Bill Lockyer to urge that he seek the removal from office…
Aug 25, 2000Advocates Worry About Flawed Deal In Last Days of Legislative Session
Aug 24, 2000The California Assembly Appropriations Committee approved SB 953 (Speier), which limits to $250 contributions to the elected insurance commissioner by companies with…
Aug 24, 2000Some question his ability to be an advocateSan Francisco Chronicle Retired Justice Harry Low sailed through his first confirmation hearing to become…
Aug 23, 2000San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO, Calif.--The state Legislature took its first step Tuesday toward installing a new leader at the troubled Department…
Aug 23, 2000The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights called the compromise on a utility rate freeze announced this afternoon by Governor Davis only…
Aug 23, 2000Associated Press Insurance commissioner appointee Harry Low, winning backing from key lawmakers Tuesday, promised to avoid the ``innovative'' use of insurer settlements…
Aug 22, 2000Associated Press Then-Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush improperly used his office to further his political ambitions and help his friends financially, then tried…
Aug 21, 2000That Forces Consumer To Repay Utility Company For Lost Profits During Rollback The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights condemned the 3-2…
Aug 21, 2000The recommendations of the report released today by the California Assembly on the Insurance-gate scandal largely ignore the role of insurers and…
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