Stop Prop 17 Coalition Partners

California Federation of Teachers

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
California Labor Federation
California Nurses Association

VoteVets.org
California Alliance for Retired Americans
Consumers Union, non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports

Consumer Action
Consumer Federation of California

Consumers…

by Naomi Seligman
Talk about irony: Mercury Insurance and its front group Cal-FAIR have filed a lawsuit in Sacramento today attacking the ballot argument against Proposition 17 as “false and misleading.” Really? Seems Mercury and Cal-FAIR win top prize in that category. Their endless stream of lies, hyperbole, and distortions boggle the mind. To say it is disingenuous would be generous, to a fault.

by Jamie Court
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has issued his final ballot label for Proposition 17, the Mercury Insurance-financed ballot measure to surcharge those with lapses in auto insurance coverage. Brown got the ballot label right this time, acknowledging Prop 17 allowed insurers to increase premiums, as well as lower prices, based on whether a driver has a lapse in insurance coverage.

by Naomi Seligman
Mercury Insurance may not be great to its employees (you may remember last year Mercury laid off 363 of its workers), but its campaign consultants make a mint. No wonder Kathy Fairbanks — the spokeswoman for Cal-FAIR — the Mercury Insurance ballot initiative (Prop 17) mouthpiece — keeps at it for Mercury Insurance. In fact, looks like her firm, Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks has raked in almost $200,000 since last August. Not a bad chunk of change for six months work. But, she’s not the only one.

by Naomi Seligman
Today, the Mercury Insurance ballot initiative was assigned a number, Prop. 17, by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen for the June 8 ballot. We here at the Campaign for Consumer Rights are ready to fight this…

by Naomi Seligman
This week, Insurance Journal wrote a piece on the Mercury Insurance initiative based partly on messaging from Kathy Fairbanks, a paid PR consultant working at the beshest of…you guessed it, Mercury Insurance. To discuss the initiative…

Mercury Insurance is spending millions of dollars to pass an initiative that will legalize a surcharge that is currently illegal, but that Mercury imposed anyhow until it was stopped by the courts five years ago.  Mercury wants Californians to…

Mercury Insurance Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Legalize Premium Hikes That Will Increase the Number of Uninsured Motorists and Raise Taxes

Myth vs. Facts About the Mercury Insurance Initiative