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.
Harvey Rosenfield says the number one thing that is driving the rise of costs is the insurance companies’ greed.
Dec 15, 2023
Harvey Rosenfield discusses how a big selling point for the Insurance proposal, we were told, was a guarantee that insurance companies would…
Oct 26, 2023
Insurance companies for the first time will be allowed to factor in the future risks of extreme weather and wildfires into the…
Sep 22, 2023
Harvey Rosenfield says the insurance companies are using climate change as an excuse to make changes in rules that have saved Californians…
Sep 22, 2023
New insurance deal will mean that California homeowners pay hundreds or possibly thousands of dollars more every year for homeowners insurance.
Sep 22, 2023
Sacramento, CA — Today’s announcement by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara that he would allow insurance companies to use secret algorithms to set…
Sep 21, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 21, 2023Sacramento, CA — The leaders of Consumer Watchdog today wrote Governor Newsom to dissuade him from declaring a state of emergency on…
Sep 21, 2023
Harvey Rosenfield discusses how the insurance industry wanted a bailout out from their responsibilities to pay claims and the lawmakers knew that…
Sep 18, 2023
Consumer advocates say that the deadline passing is a good thing, saying it essentially would have been a bailout for the industry…
Sep 14, 2023
Harvey Rosenfield, the author of prop 103, says the insurance industry is using wildfires as an excuse to raise rates or deny coverage and are threatening to…
Sep 14, 2023Sacramento, CA — As public opposition mounts to the still-secret, back-room insurance bailout deal in Sacramento, Consumer Watchdog urged vigilance until the Monday,…
Sep 8, 2023
Car insurance rates in California are spiking, and there are mixed opinions as to why.
Sep 7, 2023
Consumer Watchdog says insurers want to use new unproven computer models to set rates automatically.
Sep 7, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 6, 2023By Harvey Rosenfield, MERCURY NEWS Insurance lobbyists are scheming with Sacramento officials to neuter the consumer protections of insurance reform Proposition 103 as part of a last-minute industry bailout…
Sep 6, 2023By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Sep 5, 2023By Harvey Rosenfield, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-09-05/home-property-insurance-bailout-legislature-gavin-newsom-wildfires-california Insurance companies collected more than $150 billion in premiums from California homeowners over the…
Sep 5, 2023