Privacy

Health care gets its ‘cop on the beat’

July 1, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p> <p>Government regulation of health maintenance organizations has long been criticized for being lax in California, but Daniel Zingale is working to change all that.</p>

Claremont considers law firms

June 30, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Inland Valley Daily Bulletin</p> <p>Officials on Monday will interview two legal firms they are considering using to challenge Measure A, City Manager Glenn Southard said Thursday.</p>

Privacy bill’s defeat prompts ballot threat

June 28, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Initiative drive promised if lawmakers don't act</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>If the Legislature fails to take action this year, consumer advocates say they will begin researching and writing a statewide ballot initiative to protect financial privacy.</p>

Privacy bill’s defeat prompts ballot threat

June 28, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Initiative drive promised if lawmakers don't act</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>If the Legislature fails to take action this year, consumer advocates say they will begin researching and writing a statewide ballot initiative to protect financial privacy.</p>

Hertzberg Blamed for Death of Consumer Privacy Bill

June 1, 2001  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>But an aide denies he had a position on a bill that would have limited disclosure of information.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Daily Journal</p> <p>A consumers group on Thursday accused Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg of killing a bill that would have prohibited financial institutions from disclosing customer information to other companies without the customer's written consent.</p>

Average Joes sought for protests

May 27, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The Pig People will be there. So will Medea Benjamin, the former Green Party candidate who likes to throw herself in front of the Public Utilities Commission and TV cameras.</p>

Council discussion sparks renewed debate of conflict measure

May 24, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Two Claremont officials decide in midst of review of garbage truck bids to try to implement Measure A.</h3><p class="source">Inland Valley Times</p> <p>Almost a month after the City Council decided to ignore a new law restricting conflicts of interest for city officials, the debate over the controversial Measure A resurfaced when two council members changed their mind about implementing it.</p>

Legislature accused of neglecting issues because of power

May 23, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Associated Press</p> <p>Preoccupied by the power crisis, lawmakers are leaving much of the taxpayers' pressing business undone, a coalition of consumer, labor and environmental groups charged Monday.</p>

Maybe Politics Doesn’t Pay

May 18, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Santa Monica frets over anti-corruption measure</h3><p class="source">LA Weekly</p> <p>When Santa Monica voters handily approved a Ralph Nader-backed anti-political-corruption initiative last November, the town's reform-minded city government - which boasts one of the strictest campaign-finance laws in the state - found itself in an awkwar</p>

Bailout Watch #40 — Cartoon Special – May 9, 2001

May 9, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>Bailout Watch #40 -- Cartoon Special - May 9, 2001</strong>

Just the Fax

May 6, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>A Los Angeles consumer rights group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, recently filed suit against Schatzi on Main, the L.A. restaurant founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, for junk faxing.</p>

City blocks taxpayers’ measure; mulls stance

May 2, 2001  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Pasadena Star-News</p> <p>The city is blocking the implementation of a voter-approved political initiative while the City Council decides whether it wants to enforce the initiative or fight it in court.</p>