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.
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Nov 18, 2001As electricity crisis eases, so does push for public ownershipSan Diego Union Tribune As California slid into the electricity crisis last year,…
Nov 17, 2001BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #86 -- Commentary by Harvey Rosenfield - Oct…
Oct 29, 2001Los Angeles Times From a suite on the 13th floor of Sacramento's newest hotel, consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield has been plotting a…
Sep 10, 2001San Jose Mercury News On the 13th floor of Sacramento's newest upscale hotel, California's most vocal consumer advocate hunkered down with his…
Aug 28, 2001Dow Jones Newswires A bailout of Edison International utility Southern California Edison is unaffordable, unfair, unnecessary and probably unlawful, leading consumer advocate…
May 30, 2001Activistas aseguran que la crisis podría crear recesión en el país en el veranoLa Opinion En el verano, el presidente George W.…
May 23, 2001The Associated Press In his State of the State speech in January, Gov. Gray Davis said the state could seize power plants…
Mar 27, 2001Activistas aseguran que la crisis podría crear recesión en el país en el veranoLa Opinión En el verano, el presidente George W.…
Mar 23, 2001Los Angeles Times As state leaders struggle to plot a course out of California's energy mess, many are haunted by a sense…
Feb 27, 2001San Jose Mercury News Behind every energy decision by California politicians looms a consumer group's threat to short-circuit a quick-fix legislative solution…
Feb 9, 2001Doors are opening wider now for consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield. That happens when time and circumstances turn you into a prophet. In…
Jan 29, 2001The Associated Press Lawmakers are considering a plan under which California would issue bonds to cover the multibillion-dollar debts of its two…
Jan 25, 2001CNBC - HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS Rolling power blackouts and the threat of more to come are making this a nightmare winter…
Jan 22, 2001Consumer Group Decries Reasoning, Vows Appeal The California Court of Appeal has reinstated rules issued by former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush which…
Dec 29, 2000HARVEY ROSENFIELD, WHO WARNED AGAINST ELECTRICITY DEREGULATION, SAYS HE HAS BEEN PROVED RIGHT BUT REGRETS THAT IT HAS COME AT SUCH A…
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