legislation Archives

Grocers Launch Last-Week-Of-Session Attack on Bottle Deposit Law

Jamie Court September 9, 2019

Seek Exemption From Recycling Responsibilities As Consumers Turn To Stores For Deposits Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today condemned eleventh-hour legislation by Senator Steve...

Assembly Insurance Committee Members Vote to Strip Insurance Consumers of their Privacy Rights; Pass “Peeping Tom” Bill to Exempt Insurers From New Privacy Act

Carmen Balber April 3, 2019

Sacramento, CA — The members of the Assembly Insurance Committee voted unanimously today to pass AB 981 and exempt the entire insurance and financial services...

Consumer Watchdog Warns Big Tech Is Trying to Pull End Run Around New Bipartisan Congressional Efforts to Hold Backpage.com Accountable

John M. Simpson August 1, 2017

SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today warned that the tech industry is pressing the Trump Administration to adopt language in a new North American...