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Consumer Action creates unbiased, reader-friendly educational guides on a wide range of personal finance topics and other subjects of interest to consumers. All publications are available in English, and many are available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean as well.
In addition to being available, at no charge, to individual consumers, our publications are distributed through a national network of more than 6,000 community-based organizations. Government agencies, nonprofits and other groups who wish to distribute our materials for educational purposes can use the downloadable PDF file on the publication webpage to instantly produce a professional-looking brochure using an office printer.
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- California’s Lemon Law: Protection for new and used car buyers
- A Consumer’s Guide to Choosing a Prepaid Card
- Auto Insurance: The Basics (Spanish)
- The Right Overdraft Protection Plan: A wise choice
- Get a Car Loan: That's in Your Best Interest
- Auto Insurance - PowerPoint Slides
- Auto Insurance - Lesson plan
- IP Transition: Making the Switch: The next communication evolution
- Questions & Answers about the IP Transition: Connecting you with new changes to the phone system
- IP Transition: Making the Switch (Spanish): La nueva evolución en la comunicación
- Student Loan and Education Resource List
- Questions and Answers about Auto Insurance
- Insider’s Guide to Specialty Consumer Reports
- Consumer Action’s Directory of Specialty Consumer Reporting Agencies
- Debtors’ Rights (Spanish)
- Privacy and Control for Social Media Users: How much do you want to share?
- An Employee’s Guide to Payroll Cards (Spanish)
- California LifeLine Public Assistance Programs
- Connect to California LifeLine and Save! (2023): Discounted telephone service can help your family stay in touch
- Checking and Savings Accounts - PowerPoint Training Slides
- Checking and Savings Accounts - Seminar Lesson Plan and Class Activities
- An Employee’s Guide to Payroll Cards
- An Employer’s Guide to Payroll Cards
- Paying with Plastic: A Consumer Action introduction to payment cards
- Questions & Answers about Bank Accounts