Haney Announces Bill That Targets Ticket Resale Scheme Inflating Concert and Live Event Prices
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 Legislator Convenes Local Artists and Independent Venues to Fight Against Ticket Resale Abuse
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 – Today, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D- San Francisco) was joined by Bay Area artists, musicians, and independent venue owners outside the Castro Theatre to show support for AB 1720, the California Fans First Act.
San Francisco Legislator Introduces Bill to Protect Clean and Sober Housing for Californians in Recovery
Assemblymember Haney’s AB 1556 will empower housing providers to keep voluntary shelters drug-free for residents exiting homelessness and in recovery.
SAN FRANCISCO — Surrounded by local leaders, service providers, and recovery advocates, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D–San Francisco) announced legislation today that would strengthen and protect drug-free recovery housing across California while ensuring people who relapse stay connected to housing and services.
California Bill Will End Tax Breaks for Wall Street Landlords
AB 1611 would end a tax break used by large landlords who buy and rent out single-family homes, curbing the growing threat of corporations competing with first-time family homebuyers.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, California Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) announced legislation to end a tax break that helps Wall Street landlords buying up homes that should be within reach for working families and first-time buyers.
California Launches State Public Bank Effort to Keep Taxpayer Dollars out of Wall Street Banks
Lawmakers say the proposal, AB 2243, would help make public dollars work harder for communities instead of flowing to out-of-state Wall Street banks
SACRAMENTO, CA — California legislators are pushing a new effort to make the state’s money work harder for Californians instead of out-of-state Wall Street banks.
California Strengthens Ties with Nigeria Through Landmark Lagos Sister-State Partnership
New sister-state relationship reflects deep diaspora connections and expanding economic opportunity between California and Lagos, Nigeria
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, the California State Assembly approved ACR 129 by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), which will formally establish a sister-state relationship between California and Lagos State, Nigeria.
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.
California Housing and Labor Leaders Come Together with New Bill to Save California’s Dying Downtowns
SAN DIEGO, CA – Assemblymember Matt Haney, joined by Mayor Todd Gloria (San Diego), labor leaders, and housing advocates, today announced Assembly Bill 2074 (AB 2074), the Downtown Revitalization Act – a proposal aimed at tackling two of California’s most urgent crises at once: the housing shortage and struggling downtowns.