Commentary: Ricardo Lara’s troubles aside, reverting to an appointed insurance commissioner would hurt consumers | CalMatters

Ricardo Lara’s troubles aside, reverting to an appointed insurance commissioner would hurt consumers

Harvey Rosenfield, author of Proposition 103: Ricardo Lara’s troubles aside, going back to the system in which the insurance commissioner is appointed would only please the powerful insurance lobby. It also would disenfranchise Californians of one of their most successful powers: the ability to elect the person who protects their checkbooks.