California Online Voter Guide
June 2010 Statewide Primary Election
19th edition
Proposition 17 - Allows Auto Insurance Companies to base their Prices in Part on a Driver’s History of Insurance Coverage. Failed
Initiative Statute
- Official Summary
- What a Yes or No Vote Means
- Official Voter Guide page
- Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
- Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
- News Stories
- Top 5 Donors
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Changes current law to permit insurance companies to offer a discount to drivers who have continuously maintained their auto insurance coverage, even if they change their insurance company, and notwithstanding the ban on using the absence of prior insurance for purposes of pricing.
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Will allow insurance companies to increase cost of insurance to drivers who do not have a history of continuous insurance coverage.
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Establishes that lapses in coverage due to nonpayment of premiums may prevent a driver from qualifying for the discount.
A YES vote on this measure means: Insurance companies could offer new customers a discount on their automobile insurance premiums based on the length of time the customer had maintained bodily injury liability coverage with another insurer.
A NO vote on this measure means: Insurers could provide discounts to their long-term automobile insurance customers, but would continue to be prohibited from providing such discounts to new customers switching from other insurers.
This page features the Legislative Analyst's analysis, pro-con arguments, legislative votes and the full proposition text.
Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
- Yes on Proposition 17
Yes on 17-Californians for Fair Auto Insurance Rates
Phone: (916) 325-0056
Email: info@YesProp17.org
Web site: www.YesProp17.org - No on Proposition 17
Campaign for Consumer Rights
Phone: (310) 392-0522
Email: VoteNo@StopProp17.org
Web site: www.StopProp17.org
Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
- Yes on Proposition 17
Jim Conran, Former Director, California Department of Consumer Affairs
Allan Zaremberg, President, California Chamber of Commerce
Joel Fox, President, Small Business Action Committee - No on Proposition 17
Harvey Rosenfield, Founder, Consumer Watchdog
Elisa Odabashian, Director, West Coast Office and State Campaigns Consumers Union
Jon Soltz, Chairman, VoteVets.org
News Stories
This page provides excerpts from and links to news coverage of the propositions on the ballot.
Follow the Money
Proposition 17 - Top Five Donors (as of6/2/10) |
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Position |
S U P P O R T |
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O P P O S E |
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Total Raised * (as of 6/2) |
$16,007,922 |
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$1,495,736 |
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Top Donors (as of 6/2) |
Donor information |
Amount |
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Donor Information |
Amount |
Mercury
General |
$15,941,212 |
Campaign for Consumer Rights, Santa Monica, CA |
$572,538 |
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The Summer Agency Insurance, La Habra, CA |
$2,700 |
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California Nurses Association and California Nurses Association Initiative PAC, Oakland, CA |
$332,000 |
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Abernathy
Insurance Agency, |
$2,191 |
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Consumer Attorney's Initiative Defense PAC and Consumer Attorney’s Issues PAC, Sacramento, CA |
$306,772 |
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William
Haberger, Insurance Agent, |
$2,000 |
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Theodore Deikel, Retired, San Francisco, CA |
$20,000 |
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Eugene C. Yates Insurance Agency, Sacramento, CA |
$2,000 |
Ronald C. Conway, Investor, Silicon Valley Angel, San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | ||
* Total amount raised includes all contributions received in 2009 and through May 22, 2010, plus contributions of $5,000 or more received between May 23 - June 2, 2010.
Detailed information about all contributors for and against Proposition 17 is available from campaign finance reports at Cal-Access, the Secretary of State's campaign disclosure web site.
To view the most recent contributions, select a committee and click "Late and $5000+ Contributions Received".
This page was first published on April
25,
2010 |
Last updated on
July 31, 2010
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