Tag: News Release
Local Businesses Agree to Stop Sending Junk Faxes
Consumer Group Pursues Litigation Against Other Junk Faxers The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) has succeeded in getting three of the local businesses it sued to stop sending junk faxes to any and…
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PUC “Draft Rate Agreement” vs. SB x2 18
Checks and Balances at Stake in Upcoming Energy Policy Decisions
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Oaks Project Anti-Kickback Reform Spreads Like Wildfire
Interest in Conflict of Interest Ordinance Heats Up Across California Interest has sparked across the state towards adoption of conflict of interest initiatives passed in five California cities by the all-volunteer Oaks Project. In the…
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Anti-Kickback Law Would have Prevented Trade: State Contract for Davis Campaign Funds
Citizen Group Declares California Needs Kickback Protections Citizen volunteers with the Oaks Project denounced Governor Davis' receipt of campaign contributions from a firm he recently awarded a state contract to consult on the energy crisis.…
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Norwood-Bush Amendments To Patients’ Rights Erases More Generous CA Laws
Californians Would Be Limited In Right To Recover Damages Against HMO California patients who today have a right to recover unlimited damages against an HMO under a state liability law would be limited to recovering…
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Consumer Group Calls on CPUC to Block Davis Power Grab
Plan Would Give Conflict-Ridden DWR Total Authority Without Accountability
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Davis Derails Disclosure
Governor Vetoes Legislation to Disclose Paid or Volunteer Status for Signature Gatherers Citizen activists decried Governor Davis' move Monday to deny voters knowledge of whether petition circulators vying for voters' signatures are paid or volunteers.…
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Consumer Advocate Concerned Bush Deal On Patient Rights Could Supercede State Law
Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, voiced concern about the potential problems for California patients with the compromise on patients' rights that President Bush has agreed to with Rep.…
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Public Utilities Commission Should Throw Out Rate Agreement in Light of DWR Conflicts
Conflicts of Interest Reveal Basic Flaw in Far-Reaching Energy Proposal
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Bush Campaign Position Incompatible With His HMO Reform Policy
Bush Stand On National HMO Reform Would Obliterate Texas HMO Law; The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) wrote President Bush today challenging him to change his position on federal HMO reform because his…
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State Agency Seeks Unilateral Right to Raise Rates Without Regulatory Oversight, Approval
Consumer Groups Call Proposal "The Ultimate Deregulation Disaster" The proposed "DWR Rate Agreement" announced by the PUC today would strip the California Public Utilities Commission of its constitutional responsibility
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