As Consumer Watchdog's founder, Harvey Rosenfield is one of the nation's foremost consumer advocates. Trained as a public interest lawyer, Rosenfield authored Proposition 103 and organized the campaign that led to its passage by California voters in 1988 despite over $80 million spent in opposition (still a record).
He has co-authored groundbreaking initiatives on HMO reform and utility rate deregulation (Proposition 9, 1998). Rosenfield is the author of the book, Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice.
Rosenfield, who established Consumer Watchdog in 1985, has worked for the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Congress, in private practice, as a staff attorney for Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Congress Watch and as the Program Director for the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG).
Rosenfield graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and obtained a joint Law and Masters degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Critics see today's expected move as a misuse of state's initiative processThe San Francisco Chronicle "Never before, to our knowledge, has a…
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Apr 1, 2005The Boston Globe Harvey Rosenfield, founder of FTCR in Santa Monica and author of a 1988 auto insurance reform measure in California,…
Mar 30, 2005Associated Press "The bottom line is that no-fault is a bonanza for insurance companies. It's a disaster for consumers," said Harvey Rosenfield,…
Mar 29, 2005Los Angeles Daily Journal The Oaks Initiative, which was backed by activist Harvey Rosenfield's Santa Monica-based FTCR, prohibits city officials from taking…
Feb 1, 2005Los Angeles Daily Journal The Oaks Initiative, which was backed by activist Harvey Rosenfield's Santa Monica-based FTCR, prohibits city officials from taking…
Feb 1, 2005The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights has filed a taxpayer lawsuit on behalf of all California taxpayers calling upon California Controller…
Nov 24, 2004Communications Daily The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights filed a lawsuit in L.A. Superior Court charging wireless phones sold by T-Mobile,…
Jun 9, 2004Belleville News-Democrat Rosenfield said California's malpractice insurance premiums dropped 20 percent after passage of Proposition 103, but opponents claimed it was a…
Mar 24, 2004City News Service Auto insurance rates in California have fallen 22 percent in the 15 years since voters approved Prop 103, an…
Nov 10, 2003Contra Costa Times (California) Nettie Hoge, consumer advocate who fought for the rights of ratepayers during California's energy "crisis", announced that she…
Oct 9, 2003The Los Angeles Times It was a shortage of political courage that allowed the energy companies to plunder the state three years…
Aug 21, 2003It was a shortage of political courage that allowed the energy companies to plunder the state three years ago. Davis now has…
Aug 21, 2003Contra Costa Times (California) The weekend signing of a bill similar to one the governor vetoed last year outraged consumer advocate Harvey…
Aug 5, 2003Prop. 103 Author Harvey Rosenfield Will Make Announcement Later this Week
Aug 4, 2003