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.
San 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, 2000Associated Press A consumer group, outraged at spiraling electric bills, is crafting a ballot initiative to let the public run California's flawed…
Nov 28, 2000Editorial EndorsementLA Weekly This measure, from the pen of longtime Ralph Nader associate Harvey Rosenfield, prohibits any city official who approves a…
Oct 27, 2000The price of all forms of liability insurance (insurance that covers homeowners, businesses and motorists when they hurt others) rose dramatically between…
Aug 1, 2000Legislative Leaders Agree
Jul 20, 2000Scandal Not Over; Governor Must Appoint Consumer Protector
Jun 28, 2000
Excerpted from “Auto Insurance Crisis & Reform”, by Harvey Rosenfield, published Fall 1998 in University of Memphis Law Review With the largest…
Jun 1, 2000Associated Press A consumer advocate is wondering why Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is asking for copies of any written communications he's had…
May 30, 2000
By Harvey Rosenfield
May 7, 2000For a detailed explanation of Proposition 103's provisions and their present status, read the following link: Background on Insurance Reform: A Detailed…
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Feb 1, 2000