Naomi Seligman is director of public affiars for Consumer Watchdog. Ms. Seligman has worked extensively as a communications professional, developing and managing cutting-edge media and outreach strategies for federal officials, start-ups and high-profile nonprofit organizations. She has played a pivotal role in ending the careers of some of the most corrupt members of Congress, exposing conservative misinformation in the media, and shining the light on rampant wrongdoing in presidential administrations.

Mercury Insurance’s Prop 17 Would Hit California Workers Hard

by Naomi Seligman
Mercury Insurance, the sole sponsor of Proposition 17, on the June ballot, has already spent over $7 million in its effort to give insurance companies the power to raise rates on millions of responsible Californians.

This deceptively written initiative allows insurance companies to surcharge people who have not been previously insured – even if they are perfect drivers but weren't insured because they weren't driving or didn’t own a car. Prop 17 also penalizes anyone who had to drop coverage for more than 90 days over the last five years, or missed a single insurance payment.