<p class="source">The Augusta Chronicle</p>
<p>A California-based consumer advocacy group doesn't just want to end the practice of "junk" faxing. It wants to terminate it.</p>
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>A California consumer advocacy group has sued two junk-fax companies and several of their clients who advertised through the service.</p>
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>A California consumer advocacy group has sued two junk-fax companies and several of their clients who advertised through the service. The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights filed lawsuits in Los Angeles Superior Court against F</p>
<p class="source">ABCNEWS.com</p>
<p>A consumer group says unwanted faxes are more than a nuisance: they're illegal. They're suing a number of businesses, including a restaurant with ties to Arnold Schwarzenegger, to make them stop.</p>
<p class="source">Inland Valley Times</p>
<p>Rather than wait to see what other cities will do, the City Council will challenge a popular ballot measure aimed at restricting the impact political donations have on city affairs.</p>
<h3>Former mayor, commission members say conflict-of-interest measure will dampen enthusiasm of professionals volunteering for city.</h3><p class="source">Inland Valley Times</p>
<p>As City Council members debated Tuesday whether to challenge a new conflict-of-interest law approved by voters this month, several city commissioners said they would resign if the law is enforced.</p>
<p class="source">Los Angeles Business Journal</p>
<p>Consumer advocates are calling on the state Department of Managed Health Care to co-sponsor a bill that would give patients the right to sue their HMOs in court rather than be forced to go to binding arbitration.</p>
<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>Saying he lacks the authority, the state's managed-care czar has denied a petition by consumer advocate groups to make arbitration decisions public.</p>
<p class="source">North County Times</p>
<p>A court of appeals failed to rule that the campaign reform initiative that made it to Vista's ballot last year is unconstitutional and instead ruled the case as moot.</p>
<h3>Claremont weighs next move with Oaks Initiative poised to take effect</h3><p class="source">Inland Valley Times</p>
<p>The city's challenge to a new law that radically restricts political fund-raising was quashed when an appellate court chose not to decide on the law's constitutionality, officials said Friday.</p>
<p class="source">Inland Valley Times</p>
<p>Voters were in the mood Tuesday to put more limits on their elected officials, overwhelmingly passing a new law to restrict the influence of money in local government despite arguments that the proposed limits are unconstitutional.</p>
<p class="source">Pasadena Star-News</p>
<p>An initiative aimed at keeping City Hall from going the way of Tammany Hall got a thumbs-up from voters Tuesday, winning with 60 percent.</p>