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TURN (The Utility Reform Network) is a consumer advocacy organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.In 1972, Sylvia Siegel started TURN in her kitchen to represent consumers before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which she felt was overly focused on the interests of its regulated industries at the expense of consumers. [1]
The California Public Advocates Office (CAPAO) is the consumer-advocacy arm of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California. CAPAO is a statutorily mandated agency that is specifically authorized to represent the interests of public utility customers within the ...
Consumer Action; Consumer Federation of America; Consumer Reports; Consumer Watchdog; FlyersRights.org; Funeral Consumers Alliance; National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) National Consumers League; National Council Against Health Fraud; Organic Consumers Association; Public Citizen; Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Quackwatch; TURN (The ...
The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1960. CFC campaigns for state and federal laws and appears at the California state legislature in support of consumer-focused regulations. [ 1 ]
See also Category:Consumer organizations for organizations including (a) government & regulatory organizations; (b) consumer rights advocacy organizations (this category); and (c) unions / associations of consumers that provide consumer benefits.
The Times and the consumer advocacy group filed an application Wednesday seeking to make public 33 search warrants, affidavits and other documents in the government’s case.
[citation needed] During the 2000-2001 California electricity crisis, Consumer Watchdog strongly opposed a proposed legislative bailout of the three major utilities. The legislature did not enact the proposed bailout. [20] [21] The group also runs Oil Watchdog, a blog and resource library about the practices of the US oil industry.
A recent report found San Diego County is short 134,537 affordable rental homes. 'The market has been overrun': Maps of vacation rentals in San Diego are fueling a fiery debate about the city's ...