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Saving Downtowns: Asm Haney's New Legislation

Assemblymember Matt Haney’s AB 2074 – the Downtown High Rises Act – strives to unite housing and construction labor communities by rebuilding California's struggling downtowns, creating new jobs, and lowering the barriers for housing production.

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As Live Nation- Ticketmaster Monopoly Ruling Clears Path for Breakup, California Bill Targeting Ticket Resale Abuse Advances

Assemblymember Haney’s AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, restores fairness to the concert and live event ticket market and supports live music venues and touring artists by capping out-of-control ticket resale prices to 10% above face value.

SACRAMENTO, CA — As a landmark antitrust ruling finds that Live Nation illegally monopolized the ticketing market — clearing the way for a potential breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster — California is advancing legislation to tackle a different, but equally harmful problem: price gouging in the ticket resale market.

As Coachella Prices Spike and Scalpers Rake in Profits, Haney Pushes California Fans First Act to End Unfair Price Gouging

Assemblymember Haney’s AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, restores fairness to the concert and live event ticket market and supports live music venues and touring artists by capping out-of-control ticket resale prices to 10% above face value.

SAN FRANCISCO — As Coachella tickets skyrocket on the resale market with prices reportedly reaching $3,000 for GA and $5,000 for VIP, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D–San Francisco) is taking aim at a “rigged resale economy” and renewing his push for AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, to crack down on scalpers and cap ticket resale prices at 10% above face value.

California Bill Targeting Ticket Resale Scheme Crosses Critical Legislative Hurdle with Overwhelming Support

Assemblymember Haney’s AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, restores fairness to the concert and live event ticket market and supports live music venues and touring artists by capping out-of-control ticket resale prices to 10% above face value.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D–San Francisco) announced that AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, passed out of the Assembly Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism & Entertainment with a final vote of 6-1, marking a major step forward in the effort to rein in runaway ticket resale prices and protect fans, artists, and independent venues.

As Medi-Cal Dental Cuts Loom, Haney Pushes to Preserve Dental Access for Millions of Californians

Assemblymember Matt Haney (D- San Francisco) joins dentists and patient advocates to call on California to stop Medi-Cal Dental cuts and end insurance practices that force patients to pay upfront for care.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Assemblymember Matt Haney, along with dentists and patient advocates, urged state leaders today to protect access to dental care by stopping planned cuts to Medi-Cal Dental and supporting AB 1629, a bill that would reduce the upfront costs patients often face when using their dental insurance.

Amid Calls for Fair Pay, California Bill Boosts MMA Fighter Retirement Fund

Assemblymember Matt Haney (D- San Francisco) joins MMA Champion Ronda Rousey to introduce AB 2130, which will bolster California’s MMA and Boxer’s Retirement Fund by allowing revenue from sponsorship contracts to go directly toward the pension.

LOS ANGELES — Today, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D- San Francisco) joined Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Champion Ronda Rousey to announce legislation to create a new revenue stream for professional fighters’ retirement funds without raising any costs on fans, fighters, or taxpayers.

New California Bill Aims to Keep Pets Away from Known Animal Abusers

AB 2344, authored by Assemblymember Matt Haney, would create a public animal abuse registry to help shelters, rescues, law enforcement, and the public identify convicted felony animal abusers and better protect animals from repeat cruelty.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today Assemblymember Matt Haney (D–San Francisco) introduced AB 2344, a bill to create a California Animal Abuse Registry for adults convicted of felony animal abuse. The bill would require those offenders to register for 10 years and would direct the California Department of Justice to create a public website by Jan.

Private Prison Giant Warns Investors About California Bill Targeting Profits from ICE Detention

GEO Group’s annual disclosure report calls out Assemblymember Matt Haney’s (D-San Francisco) AB 1633, which would impose a 50% gross receipts tax on private detention corporations, as credible risk to operations in California.

SACRAMENTO, CA — One of the nation’s largest private immigration detention companies is warning its investors that California may soon take a major bite out of its profits.