ALJ/TOM/k47 Mailed 8/3/2000

Decision 00-08-019 August 3, 2000

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of the Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission's Own Motion into the Operations and Practices of Jone Rodley, an Individual Doing Business as Moving for Less, Respondent.

Investigation 99-12-020 (Filed December 16, 1999)

General Counsel, Inc., by Michael A. Taggart,

Attorney at Law, for Jone Rodley, Respondent.

Cleveland Lee, for the Commission's Legal Division.

William G. Waldorf, for the Commission's Consumer Services Division.

DECISION APPROVING SETTLEMENT

I. Summary

This decision approves a settlement (the full text of which is attached as the Appendix to this decision) between the Commission's Consumer Services Division (CSD) and Jone R. Rodley, an individual doing business as Moving for Less (Respondent). The settlement provides that Respondent shall pay restitution to former customers, shall relinquish her Commission Permit to Operate as a Household Goods Carrier (permit), T-185532, and shall not reapply for another permit for five years. If Respondent applies for another permit after five years, she must refer the Commission to this proceeding, must prove her fitness to operate, must demonstrate that she has complied with any mediation agreement, arbitration award or judicial order resulting from proceedings brought against her by former customers, and must disclose any judicial, law enforcement, or administrative proceedings against her.