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• Sep 22, 2016  New privacy protections for CalFresh and CalWORKs beneficiaries
  

  CalFresh (California’s food stamp program) and CalWORKs (the state’s welfare to work program) help disadvantaged families stay afloat when a…

• Dec 09, 2013  Covered California issues in-language scam alerts
  

  Covered California—the state health care insurance marketplace—recently issued these health care alerts in several languages. Print the PDF files…

• Sep 27, 2011  July 2012 brings new protections for California car buyers
  

  AB 1215 (Blumenfield) has been signed by Governor Brown. Once it takes effect, it will offer important new protections to…

• Jul 08, 2009  Arbitration no shield for debt collectors
  

  The Public Justice Access to Justice Campaign and Mandatory Arbitration Abuse Prevention Project has helped win a…

• Mar 30, 2009  New California Consumer Laws - 2009
  

  The County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs Staff Training Academy has issued a comprehensive guide to new consumer…

• Mar 13, 2009  'New low' in mortgage modification scams
  

  California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today warned that scam artists have "sunk to a new low" and have…

• Nov 12, 2008  California Legislative Summary
  

  During the 2007-08 session, Consumer Action supported 48 bills and took a position on 51 bills introduced in the California…

• Jun 16, 2008  California drivers and the new cell phone law
  

  The California Highway Patrol (CHP) alerts California drivers to new laws on using a cell phone while driving. All drivers…

• Apr 28, 2008  Reforms proposed to title insurance industry
  

  California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced efficiency reforms to the title insurance industry to reduce extraneous costs from the…

• Feb 29, 2008  New California laws to help consumers
  

  In 2007, California lawmakers passed 964 bills, according to the Senate Office of Research, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed 750…

• Dec 17, 2007  Protecting yourself from predatory towing
  

  From Consumer Connection, a publication of the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

  Tow truck drivers risk their lives every…

• Nov 06, 2007  California Legislative Summary
  During the 2007 session, Consumer Action took a position on 51 bills introduced in the California state legislature. Consumer Action…