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Proposed ballot initiative could pressure Gov. Davis to consider public ownershipThe Orange County Register SACRAMENTO - The state should buy out private…
Nov 29, 2000Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO, Calif._A consumer group vowed Tuesday to pursue an initiative that would re-regulate the electric utility industry if state…
Nov 29, 2000Inland Valley Times CLAREMONT -- City Council members Tuesday decided to let voters decide on a law that would set several conflict-of-interest…
Nov 29, 2000ENERGY: GROUP PLANS 2002 MEASURE-- ALLOWING A STATE TAKEOVER--UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR ACT FIRSTLos Angeles Times A consumer advocacy group…
Nov 29, 2000The proposal in the works for the 2002 election would restore regulation of privately owned power firms.Riverside Press-Enterprise SACRAMENTO Depicting producers and…
Nov 29, 2000Dow Jones Newswires LOS ANGELES -(Dow Jones)- A California consumer group submitted a draft ballot initiative to the governor and state legislature…
Nov 28, 2000Will Go to Ballot if Reform Is Not Adopted in State House
Nov 28, 2000San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif._Beginning Jan. 1, the typical Bay Area resident's electric bill could rise $9 a month _…
Nov 23, 2000The Associated Press State & Local Wire Insurers asked the state Supreme Court Wednesday to block a new law that allows thousands…
Nov 22, 2000Pasadena Star News PASADENA -- Ralph Nader may get a taste of his own medicine in the March 6 Pasadena election, if…
Nov 22, 2000Insurers Take Legislature, People of California to Court
Nov 22, 2000Los Angeles Times Arguing that former state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush acted illegally, California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer asked the courts Monday…
Nov 21, 2000State wants to void Quackenbush dealsSacramento Bee In a move that could have implications for Northridge earthquake victims, California officials went to…
Nov 21, 2000Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- Former enemies in health-care reform battles put aside their differences to propose steps to cut the ranks…
Nov 21, 2000HEALTH CARE: THE COLLAPSE LEAVES CARE OF 300,000 IN QUESTIONLos Angeles Times The largest for-profit medical group in Southern California will close…
Nov 20, 2000Limiting HMOs' Overhead & Profits Vital To Cost Effective Universal Health Care System The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said…
Nov 20, 2000POWER: EDISON'S PROPOSAL TO PUC WOULD BOOST THE CUSTOMER'S COST BY 9.9% AND ASKS FOR AN EARLY END TO THE FREEZELos Angeles…
Nov 18, 2000The San Diego Union-Tribune LOS ANGELES -- Southern California Edison said yesterday that in a filing next Wednesday it would "hammer home"…
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