Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Services Guide (CSG) Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the 'Guide', some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

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• Colorado - Division of Securities
  Each state has its own laws and regulations for securities brokers and for all types of securities, including stocks, mutual funds, commodities, real estate offerings, uninsured investment products sold by banks and others. The officials enforce these laws and regulations. State securities agencies are responsible also for preventing fraud and abuse in the sale of all but the largest securities offerings. If you have a…
  
  
• Colorado - Office of Consumer Counsel
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities.
  
  
• Colorado - Public Utilities Commission
  The Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) are independent regulatory bodies whose mission is to ensure that safe, reliable, quality utility service is provided at a fair and reasonable cost.
  
  
• Colorado - State Bank Commissioner
  The State Departments of Banking regulate and supervise state-chartered banks. Many of them handle or refer problems and complaints about other types of financial institutions as well. Some also answer general questions about banking and consumer credit.
  
  
• Colorado - Weights and Measures Office
  State Weights and Measures Offices enforce laws and regulations about the labeling, weight, measure or count of packaged items including food and household products. These offices also regulate the accuracy of weighing and measuring devices in supermarket, gas stations, taxicabs, etc. Some city and county offices have weights and measures functions in addition to the state offices listed below that might be listed under either…
  
  
• Colorado Association of Community Centered Boards (CACCB)
  This association helps people with developmental disabilities throughout the state of Colorado. It provides many services including assisting people with employment assistance, helping people make personal living decisions, encouraging people to have beneficial social experiences, supporting families and managing individual cases. A resources guide is also found online.
  
  
• Committee On The Shelterless (COTS)

  Emergency shelter and support services for families and singles with children in southern Sonoma County.
  
  
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  Accepts online reports of suspicious activites or transactions involving the trading of commodity futures contracts or commodity options. Visit http://www.cftc.gov/customerprotection/redressandreparations/index.htm for consumers filing a complaint with their Reparations Program.
  
  
• Community Action Partnership Of Sonoma County
  (Formerly Sonoma County People for Economic Opportunity) 
 Housing and other services for the homeless and low and moderate income families, including Head Start, Youth Build, and health care services. Bilingual (Spanish-English). 
This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
  
  
• Community Boards of San Francisco
  Free conflict resolution services for San Francisco residents for problems of all types, such as landlord/tenant disputes, harassment, parking and noise disputes and family problems.
  
  
• Community Development Commission
  The CDC administers a range of programs designed to assist low to moderate income homeowners and tenants and to encourage commercial revitalization. Rental assistance is offered to lower income tenants through subsidized rents. Rehabilitation loans are offered to landlords to maintain existing affordable rental units. Lower income owner-occupants are provided financial assistance to rehabilitate their home.
  
  
• Community Housing Agency of Butte County, Inc.
  Community Housing Agency of Butte County is a private, non-profit, charitable corporation that operates several programs: Housing & Community Development (includes the Energy Saving Rehabilitation – Utility Assistance Programs); Food & Nutrition; and the Esplanade House. Each department consists of various projects and programs that enable low-income families and elderly to improve their lives.
  
  
• Community Support Network (CSN)
  Housing and support services for people with mental disabilities. This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).



  
  
• Comptroller of the Currency
  Call for answers to questions about the regulations governing national banks. You may contact the OCC via E-mail. Visit http://www.occ.treas.gov/mail1.htm to find out the various areas that you can send emails to.
  
  
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
  A public interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society. CPSR works to influence decisions regarding the development and use of computers particularly in offering realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations of computer technology.
  
  
• Conciliation Forums of Oakland
  Are you being annoyed by a neighbor? Having trouble with your landlord? Having difficulty with a co-worker? You don't have to go to court or call the police to solve many disputes. Conciliation Forums of Oakland offers skilled, volunteer mediators who can help you create solutions that work for all parties involved. It's fast, fair, convenient, and confidential.
  
  
• Congress of California Seniors (CCS)
  The Congress of California Seniors focuses its primary attention on legislative and consumer issues that impact older adults. The CCS education and advocacy program has proved to be an effective tool in influencing public policy decisions made by the state legislature and other state officials.
  
  
• Congress Watch
  A branch of Public Citizen, Congress Watch works for consumer-related legislation, regulation, and policies in areas including health and safety and campaign finance. Publications are available. Congress Watch champions consumer interests before the U.S. Congress and serves as a government watchdog. They lobby to strengthen health, safety and environment protections; demand an end to corporate subsidies; fight to preserve citizen access to the courts to…
  
  
• Connecticut - Attorney General
  The Attorney General is the chief civil legal officer of the State. The Office of the Attorney General was officially established in 1897. The Connecticut Constitution and General Statutes authorize the Attorney General to represent the interests of the people of the State of Connecticut in all civil legal matters involving the state to protect the public interest, and to serve as legal counsel to…
  
  
• Connecticut - Banking Commissioner
  The State Departments of Banking regulate and supervise state-chartered banks. Many of them handle or refer problems and complaints about other types of financial institutions as well. Some also answer general questions about banking and consumer credit.
  
  
• Connecticut - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
  Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations. BBB of Central New England, Inc. serves Central and Western MA, and Northeast Connecticut.
  
  
• Connecticut - Consumer Affairs Department of Insurance
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities.
  
  
• Connecticut - Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
  The Connecticut DMV site can help you renew or register for a drivers license, find DMV forms, practice tests, drivers ed & traffic schools, auto insurance, or just about anything else related to Connecticut DMV.
  
  
• Connecticut - Department of Public Utility Control
  The Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) are independent regulatory bodies whose mission is to ensure that safe, reliable, quality utility service is provided at a fair and reasonable cost.
  
  
• Connecticut - Weights and Measures Office
  State Weights and Measures Offices enforce laws and regulations about the labeling, weight, measure or count of packaged items including food and household products. These offices also regulate the accuracy of weighing and measuring devices in supermarket, gas stations, taxicabs, etc. Some city and county offices have weights and measures functions in addition to the state offices listed below that might be listed under either…
  
  

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