Consumer Watchdog Campaign (CWC) and its California campaign committee (ID#1336069) were organized to protect consumers' interests in the ballot initiative and legislative process.

We’re taking on the insurance industry this year with two battles to make insurance rates fairer.

At JustifyRates.org you can learn more about our campaign to force health insurance companies to publicly justify rate increases, before they take effect. CWC launched an all-volunteer signature-gathering drive in February to place the Insurance Rate Public Justification and Accountability Act initiative on the November 2012 ballot. More at JustifyRates.org.

At StopTheSurcharge.org you’ll find out about the ballot initiative sponsored and funded by the chairman of Mercury Insurance, George Joseph, that promises drivers modest insurance discounts, but would really charge more to the most vulnerable drivers. However, the Mercury initiative would actually impose a surcharge on millions of drivers who are uninsured for as little as 90 days.

Consumer Watchdog Campaign is chaired by insurance reform Proposition 103 author Harvey Rosenfield. In 1988, Rosenfield authored the landmark reform of auto and home insurance that has saved California drivers $62 billion on their auto insurance, according to a 2008 report by the Consumer Federation of America. Consumer Watchdog Campaign is the campaign affiliate of Consumer Watchdog, which was founded by Rosenfield and whose president, Jamie Court, an award-winning consumer advocate and author, is the proponent of the proposed ballot.

Over the years CWC has co-sponsored ballot propositions on energy deregulation and HMO reform. It has fought corporate efforts to weaken the legal rights of consumers and has successfully campaigned to preserve some of the nation's toughest municipal conflict of interest laws. We do not take positions on candidate elections.

You can help us counter the deep pockets of the insurance industry with your donation to Consumer Watchdog Campaign. Donations to CWC are not tax deductible.

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