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.
Doors 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, 2001USA TODAY The myth of electricity deregulation has met reality in California, and the result is a $ 40 billion debacle.
Jan 3, 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…
Dec 27, 2000There are two power crises in California today. One is the electricity debacle, the other, a political power crisis.
Dec 19, 2000San Diego Union-Tribune There are two power crises in California today. One is the electricity debacle, the other, a political power crisis.
Dec 19, 2000Los Angeles Times California's largest utility company, Southern California Edison, has thrown down the gauntlet to Gov. Gray Davis: Force the ratepayers…
Dec 18, 2000California's largest utility company, Southern California Edison, has thrown down the gauntlet to Governor Gray Davis: force the ratepayers to bail us…
Dec 18, 2000Governor says power to end crisis is limitedSacramento Bee Consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield makes his living holding corporate and government feet to…
Dec 15, 2000For nearly a century, California's electricity has been provided by electric utility companies, each with their own local monopoly. This fact sheet…
Dec 8, 2000City News Service The threat of rolling blackouts is masking the deregulated energy industry's attempts to manipulate electricity supplies to increase profits,…
Dec 8, 2000San Diego Union-Tribune SACRAMENTO -- An influential consumer advocate is drafting a voter initiative that would replace California's troubled move into a…
Nov 29, 2000The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC) Sacramento, California -- A consumer group outraged at spiraling electric bills wants to put a ballot…
Nov 29, 2000San Jose Mercury News An advocacy group unveiled plans Tuesday for a statewide initiative that would limit how much profit electricity suppliers…
Nov 29, 2000Sacramento Bee If California lawmakers don't re-regulate electric rates and create a new statewide public power system, both issues will go to…
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