Add-on products sold by car dealers, such as service contracts, Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) insurance, and window etching, make up a large share of dealers’ profits. They also significantly increase car buyers’ costs. While many have questioned the value of these products for consumers, the pricing of these products has received less attention, largely because…
Every day thousands of cars are taken from owners without court review or the involvement of law enforcement. Most of those takings are done by unlicensed individuals, including some convicted criminals.
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CO-AUTHORED WITH DERON LOVAAS AND LARRY LEVINE (NRDC) Utility services–electricity, heat, water, sanitation, telecommunications, and internet access–are essential to health, safety, and daily life. The vital need for uninterrupted utility service was evident before the coronavirus pandemic, but the COVID-19 public health emergency has reinforced the essential nature of utility service and the threats of…
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Supplemental Testimony of Robyn Smith, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and National Consumer Law Center, Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment regarding “Protecting Students and Taxpayers: Improving the Closed School Discharge Process”.
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Advocates seeking to improve water affordability can work within current decision-making structures to influence rates, policies, and programs. They can also work to change the decision-making structure to improve their ability to effect change and hold decision makers accountable.
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The fight for policies and programs that ensure affordable access to water and sewer service begins with access to critical data held by utilities.
