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10 Reasons We Need The CFPB Now

This report outlines predatory financial practices that hurt consumers and helped collapse the economy, costing us eight million jobs, millions of foreclosed homes and trillions of dollars in lost home and retirement values. It explains these and other emerging problems as “10 Reasons We Need The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now.”

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News Release | CALPIRG | Consumer Protection, Financial Reform

New Consumer Agency Takes Over as Nation’s Consumer Cop

Representatives from the California Attorney General’s office, Consumers Union, San Francisco Labor Council, Greenlining Institute, Center for Responsible Lending and the California Reinvestment Coalition, joined CALPIRG today in San Francisco’s financial district to call on the Senate to vote to confirm former Ohio Attorney General Rich Cordray as CFPB director, so that it is able to fulfill the promise of consumer financial protection.

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Report | CALPIRG | Transportation

High-Speed Rail: Public, Private or Both?

Private sector companies are likely to play a major role in the construction of high-speed rail lines in the United States. Even as California nears construction of the nation’s first high-speed rail line, however, it remains unclear just how the private sector will participate in building out the nation’s high-speed rail network.

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News Release | CALPIRG | Transportation

Principles for Public Private Partnerships and California’s High-Speed Rail Project

A first-of-its-kind report outlines principles for utilizing public-private partnerships to build high-speed rail in California. The research report released by CALPIRG examines the experience with public-private partnerships for high-speed rail in other countries and the U.S.

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News Release | CALPIRG | Consumer Protection

As cell phone plans change, consumers should be wary

As cell phone service provders scrap unlimited data plans for mobile phones, CALPIRG warns consumers to check their data usage in order to avoid overcharge fees.

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