Proposition 103 California Insurance Commissioner

Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp Monday asked the state Supreme Court to either vacate or sharply narrow the terms of its stay blocking implementation of Proposition 103. "The voters believed that they were enacting immediate insurance reform with adoption of Proposition 103," the attorney general said in a 12-page filing. "That expectation should not be frustrated without giving the initiative a fair chance to work.

Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp Monday asked the state Supreme Court to either vacate or sharply narrow the terms of its stay blocking implementation of Proposition 103. "The voters believed that they were enacting immediate insurance reform with adoption of Proposition 103," the attorney general said in a 12-page filing. "That expectation should not be frustrated without giving the initiative a fair chance to work.

While scanning The Times (Part I, Nov. 6), what to my wandering eyes should appear, but a large chart of the insurance propositions with my name listed as an opponent of Proposition 103! As California insurance commissioner, my department is responsible for implementing whatever the voters mandate. As such, we remain neutral on the propositions. ROXANI GILLESPIE San Francisco

Moving to implement one of the last uncompleted reforms of Proposition 103, California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush on Thursday proposed new regulations meant to diminish the role that a driver's home address plays in auto insurance rates.