Consumer Federation of California

This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (August 2012) The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) was founded in 1960 as a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization. CFC campaigns for state and federal laws and appears at the California State Legislature in support of consumer-focused regulations. The CFC is led by Executive Director Richard Holober. Recent CFC legislative issues include: protecting consumers' medical privacy and financial privacy, reforming accounting industry practices, enabling patients to sue HMOs for denial of care, holding homebuilders accountable for construction defects, prohibiting manufacturers from keeping secret vital safety information about defective products, removing toxic chemicals from California furniture, enacting cell phone users' rights and fighting to prevent the deregulation of telecommun... (see more)