SB 810 would eliminate private health insurance entirely. All Californians' healthcare costs would be paid for from one big pool. It's just like the way people get insurance coverage now, except much much simpler, everyone would be covered, and the profit motive would be removed.

"As we have seen in the past, just having coverage does not demonstrate driving performance," Holober said. "This measure would have a similar effect to how pre-existing conditions affect people who purchase health insurance."

Supporters, such as the Consumer Federation of California, say the proposal will reduce health care costs for families.

Consumer Federation of California says the initiative isn't good for people who have been uninsured for a time, even if because they gave up their car. The cost of getting reinsured will jump. Coverage doesn't determine whether you're a good driver.

"This is not about discounts, this is about surcharge," said Richard Holober from the Consumer Federation of California..."Simply the fact that you had a break in coverage in the last couple of years will be held against you and you will face massive surcharges of 40, 50 percent or more," said Holober.

The scorecard highlighted a deep ideological split between the two parties when it comes to consumer rights protections. Assembly Democrats had an average score of 93 percent (a six point increase from last year), with Senate Democrats averaging 83 percent (a 3 point drop from last year).

"When was the last time a billionaire insurance magnate spent a fortune to save you money? Never." stated Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California. "This proposition is nothing more that an insurance tycoon’s self-enrichment scheme."

"It's time for California to eliminate a misguided regulation that loads our furniture with toxic chemicals, and that provides no safety benefit to consumers," said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California.

"Governor Brown's signature on these measures is a demonstration of his appreciation for common sense consumer legislation. It's a welcome change," said Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California.

"We applaud Governor Jerry Brown for signing an important food and drug safety bill, AB 688, by Assemblyman Richard Pan. This common sense law will protect the most vulnerable Californians - the very young and the ill," stated Richard Holober, Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California, sponsor of AB 688.

We hope this scorecard can help Californians evaluate whether their lawmakers voted on behalf of their interests when it comes to issues that affect their pocketbooks, privacy, and health and safety, but often get little news coverage.

On issues ranging from household toxics to food safety to elder abuse to personal privacy, Governor Jerry Brown has demonstrated much greater empathy with consumer protection than his predecessor.

When embarrassing exposes don't get an industry's attention, regulations become necessary. AB 688 is a logical companion to federal food and drug safety standards. It's time that retailers got the message that it is not a'ceptable to sell expired food and medication.

Persistence paid off for Senator Joe Simitian. Governor Jerry Brown just signed Simitian’s Senate Bill 24, which will arm consumers with information to help prevent identity theft.

A bill to regulate health insurance rate hikes faces fierce industry opposition as it moves through the legislature. AB 52 (Feuer) would rein in health and HMO premium increases that soared 131% from 1999 to 2009 - nearly five times the rate of inflation.