Election Bodes Well For Passage Of Federal Patients’ Bill Of Rights
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said today that the results of the November 2000 election make it far more likely…
Nov 17, 2000Consumer Watchdog
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Edison Proposes Massive Consumer Rate Hikes, Continuation of Failed Deregulation Policies
Advocates Say PUC, Governor Should Reject Unacceptable and Illegal Plan
Nov 17, 2000Edison Sues State In Effort to Back Bill Customers $2.64 Billion
Utility Seeks to Avoid Clear Rules of State Law
Nov 16, 2000
Energy
DAVIS SEEKS PRICE CONTROLS ON ELECTRICITY
GOVERNOR ALSO ASKS FEDERAL REGULATORS TO GIVE REFUNDS TO CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS WHO FELT THE IMPACT OF DEREGULATION THIS SUMMER WITH HIGH BILLSLos…
Nov 15, 2000Utilities, Power Companies Operate Under Cover of Academia
UC Berkeley Conference on Electricity Deregulation Dominated by Private Energy Corporations
Nov 13, 2000
Energy
Politicians, activists seek utility re-regulation
Stockton Record Five months after California's experiment with deregulation sent electricity prices soaring, state policy-makers haven't come anywhere close to a consensus…
Nov 12, 2000
Privacy
Council’s Prop. V prevails in Vista
San Diego Union-Tribune VISTA -- Voters here approved two campaign-finance measures, but Proposition V, which was put on the ballot by the…
Nov 10, 2000
Privacy
Campo, Gronke break into the lead
The San Diego Union-Tribune VISTA -- Lawyer Paul Campo and teacher Steve Gronke took early leads last night in the race for…
Nov 8, 2000Vista’s Prop W Passes By Wide Margin
All-Volunteer Campaign Potentially Undone by Politician's "Poison Pill" Prop W volunteers celebrated the passage of this much needed reform at the polls…
Nov 8, 2000Santa Monica’s Prop LL — Victory for Taxpayers and Volunteerism
Prop LL's All-Volunteer Campaign a Sign of Citizens' Power to Enact Strong Conflict of Interest Protections When Politicians Won't Act Prop LL…
Nov 8, 2000San Francisco’s Prop J — Victory for Taxpayers and Volunteerism
Prop J's All-Volunteer Campaign a Sign of Citizens' Power to Enact Strong Conflict of Interest Protections When Politicians Won't Act Prop J…
Nov 8, 2000Multi-City Campaign Finance Reform Wins: Victory for Taxpayers and Volunteerism
All-Volunteer Campaigns a Sign of Citizens' Power to Enact Strong Conflict of Interest Protections When Politicians Will Not Act Volunteers with the…
Nov 8, 2000
Insurance
Toward A New Political Brand – Volunteer Qualified
If politics is the art of the possible, then the first general election of the millennium is sadly signaling that possibilities in…
Nov 3, 2000
Energy
State Utilities Left With Burden of Reclaiming Costs From Crisis
Issue will remain unsettled until next year when a new agreement is reached and flaws in deregulation are fixedLos Angeles Times The…
Nov 3, 2000
Energy
U.S. Urges Major Fixes For State’s Power Market
Federal Panel Says Electricity Crisis Is Product Of Flaws In Deregulation, But It Stops Short Of Ordering Reductions In Sky-High PricesLos Angeles…
Nov 2, 2000
Energy
U.S Nudges State Over Energy Prices
Changes proposed in deregulation planSan Francisco Chronicle However, consumer groups dismissed these moves as a ``whitewash.'' They lashed out at the commission…
Nov 2, 2000
Privacy
S.F. Campaign Measure Could Aid Dark Horses
One of 2 election reform propositionsThe San Francisco Chronicle For campaign finance reformers and longshot supervisor candidates, Proposition O is a fantasy…
Nov 2, 2000
Energy
Feds say power companies overcharged but won’t order refunds
San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Federal regulators Wednesday said California's electricity rates last summer were "unjust and unreasonable" but…
Nov 2, 2000