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Updated: March 2013
Consumer Action Annual ‘Consumer Excellence Awards’
Honorees, 1994 - 2012
| Year | Award Category | Individual Recipient | Agency Recipient/Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Media | Bob Sullivan | The Red Tape Chronicles (NBCNews.com) |
| Regulatory | Ruth Y. Goldway | US Postal Regulatory Commission | |
| CBO | The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom | ||
| 2011 | Media | Eileen Ambrose | Baltimore Sun |
| CBO | Opportunities Industrialization Center of DC | ||
| Lawmaker | Rep. Carolyn Maloney | U.S. Congress | |
| 2010 | Media | KTSF 26, Chinese News | |
| Advocate | Public Justice | ||
| Lawmaker | The Honorable Ellen Corbett | California State Senator | |
| 2009 | CBO | Healthy San Francisco | |
| CBO | Chinatown Service Center | ||
| Media | David Lazarus | Los Angeles Times | |
| Advocate | Center for Responsible Lending | ||
| 2008 | CBO | ||
| Media | Herb Weisbaum | Consumer Man / KOMO-TV Seattle, WA | |
| Advocate | California Reinvestment Committee | ||
| Advocate | Neil Gendel | Healthy Children Organizing Project | |
| 2007 | Media | Ida Choy Yee-yee | Sing Tao Chinese Radio |
| Advocate | Ana M. Montes | Latino Issues Forum | |
| Lawmaker | The Honorable Maxine Waters (D-CA) | U.S. Congress | |
| 2006 | CBO | Consumer Credit Counseling Services of the East Bay | |
| Media | Jeannette Pavini | CBS Eyewitness News / ConsumerWatch | |
| Lawmaker | The Honorable Debra Bowen | California State Senator (D-Redondo Beach) | |
| 2005 | Lawmaker | The Honorable Judy Chu | California Assembly (Monterey Park) |
| Media | "¡No Se Deje!" | Telemundo 52, Los Angeles | |
| Advocate | Chris Hoofnagle | EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center | |
| 2004 | CBO | Family Learning Center, Community Resource Project, Sacramento, CA | |
| Media | Noticias Univision 14 | ||
| Advocate | Barbara Roper | Consumer Federation of America | |
| 2003 | CBO | New Economics for Women | |
| Advocate | American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)/Northern California | ||
| Advocate | James Sturdevant, Esq. | Trial Laywers for Public Justice | |
| 2002 | CBO | Ability First | |
| Media | Reynolds Holding | San Francisco Chronicle | |
| Lawmaker | Louise Renne | San Francisco District Attorney | |
| 2001 | Media | New California Media | |
| Lawmaker | Hon. Kevin Shelley | California Assembly Majority Leader | |
| Advocate | Consumer Law Project | Public Counsel | |
| Lifetime Achievement | Helen Nelson | ||
| 2000 | CBO | California Alliance for Consumer Education | |
| LawMaker | Sheila Kuehl | California Assemblymember | |
| Media | Linea Abierta (OpenLine) | Radio Bilingüe | |
| 1999 | Lawmaker | John Schweizer | Chief of Staff, Hon. Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo) |
| Advocate | Jon Golinger | CALPIRG | |
| Media | Joe Ducey | Contact 4/KRON & Bay TV | |
| Government | Supervisor Sue Bierman | San Francisco | |
| 1998 | CBO | Asian Pacific American Legal Center | |
| Advocate | Helen Nelson | Consumer Research Foundation | |
| Advocate | Rosemary Shahan | Consumers for Auto Reliability & Safety (CARS) | |
| Media | Michael Finney | 7 on Your Side-KGO-TV | |
| 1997 | Media | Action Line | San Jose Mercury News |
| Advocate | Beth Givens | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | |
| CBO | WE ARE FAMILY | ||
| 1996 | Media | Chris Bjorklund | KPIX-TV |
| Advocate | Laurel Pallock | S.F. District Attorney's Office | |
| Advocate | Pastor Herrera, Jr. | Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs | |
| 1995 | Advocate | Audrie Krause | TURN (Toward Utility Rate Normalization) |
| Advocate | Harvey Rosenfield | Prop. 103 Enforcement Project | |
| 1994 | Lawmaker | Herschel Rosenthal | Californa State Senator (D-Los Angeles) |
| Advocate | Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | ||
| CBO | Korean Health Education Info. and Referral Center |
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