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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]
In 2007, non-profit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen criticized the National Arbitration Forum, including its fee schedule and alleged bias. [11] According to a July 2008 Navigant analysis of the Public Citizen data, [12] 26,665 arbitrations out of a total of 33,948 arbitrations were either heard or dismissed (i.e. excluding settlements ...
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 ...
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 ]
Alliance for Affordable Services; American Automobile Association; American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities; Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) Consumer Action; Consumer Federation of America; Consumer Reports; Consumer Watchdog; FlyersRights.org; Funeral Consumers Alliance; National Consumer Law Center (NCLC ...
During 2010, Consumer Watchdog opposed Proposition 17, a ballot measure sponsored by Mercury Insurance Group to repeal a provision of Proposition 103 which prohibits insurance companies from considering a driver's history of prior insurance coverage when determining the price or availability of automobile insurance. Mercury spent $16 million in ...
The request comes after the advocacy group analyzed over 5,400 reports of deaths, life-threatening events and other serious side effect related to Botox and rival toxin-based wrinkle treatments ...
The organization's lawyer members support access to justice by representing plaintiffs in civil litigation on a contingency-based fee system. [2] According to the Consumer Attorneys of California, its members represent individuals harmed by misconduct by corporate and government entities with greater access to resources. [ 3 ]