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Cash and Carry
<h3>A Court Decision Eviscerates Proposition 103, Reversing the Result of the Ballot Box</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Daily Journal</p>
<p>Pending before the California Supreme Court is the urgent plea of the state's consumers to resolve a matter the court first addressed 14 years ago. At issue is the insurance industry's pernicious practice of "territorial rating"</p>
Rates tied to ZIPs blasted
<p class="source">Long Beach Press Telegram</p>
<p>SACRAMENTO - It's not fair that an East Long Beach resident should pay less for auto insurance than a comparable driver one mile to the west, said consumer advocates and lawmakers who called on the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop insurers from bas</p>
Lawmakers ask high court to review auto insurance differences
<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p>
<p>Several lawmakers urged the California Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a state insurance regulation that allows good drivers to be charged differently depending where they live.</p>
Court Urged to Take On Redlining
<h3>In rare move, legislators call on Supreme Court to review insurance case</h3><p class="source">The Recorder</p>
<p>A group of lawmakers Tuesday took the rare step of calling on the California Supreme Court to review whether insurance companies can base auto insurance rates on where their customers live.</p>
COURT URGED TO TAKE ON REDLINING
<p class="source">The Recorder</p>
<p>A group of lawmakers Tuesday took the rare step of calling on the California Supreme Court to review whether insurance companies can base auto insurance rates on where their customers live.</p>
Good driver/bad driver
<h3>Insurance rates should be based on record and experience, not ZIP code -- San Jose Mercury News Editorial</h3><p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p>
<p>MORE than 12 years ago, California voters decided they wanted auto insurance rates to be based on individuals' driving records instead of their addresses. It hasn't happened yet.</p>
Supporters of CA Supreme Court Review of Auto Insurance Rating By Zip Code
<h3>Case: Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation, et al. v. Harry Low</h3>
<p>This is a list of supporters of a review by the California Supreme Court of the Auto Insurance Industry's policy of rating consumers by zip code.</p>
Make Insurance Rates The Same for Rich, Poor
<h3>San Francisco Chronicle Editorial</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>IT'S WRONG to charge poor people more for the same goods and services that affluent folks get for less. The inequity is especially odious when those paying the most are really subsidizing the bad habits of those who ought -- and certainly have the means</p>
Insurance commissioner draws criticism from consumer groups
<p class="source">The Associated Press</p>
<p>Insurance Commissioner Harry Low said Wednesday he's working hard to restore public trust in his department after a scandal forced the resignation of former Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush.</p>
Measure B
<h3>Editorial</h3><p class="source">Pasadena Weekly</p>
<p>An analysis by City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris says Measure B would prohibit city officials from accepting specified gifts, honoraria, income and campaign contributions from a person after the official makes or votes to approve certain public decisio</p>
State Insurance Chief Defends Criteria for Auto Policies
<h3>He asks court not to hear case challenging rules using zip codes to help set rates</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>Siding with his GOP predecessor, Insurance Commissioner Harry Low defended regulations that consumer groups say unfairly make a driver's home address a bigger factor in setting insurance rates than driving record.</p>