You’re paying more for groceries, prescriptions, concert tickets, and health care — and it’s not an accident. When a handful of giant corporations dominate a market, they can charge what they want, pay workers less, and squeeze out the small businesses that keep our communities alive. California’s antitrust law was written over 100 years ago, before corporations consolidated, and right now, it has a glaring loophole: it only applies when two or more companies collude. One dominant firm can do the exact same damage and face zero accountability under state law.
AB 1776, the COMPETE Act, closes that loophole. It modernizes California’s antitrust law to hold single dominant firms accountable for anticompetitive behavior. It brings California closer to standards that 45 other states already have on the books. More competition means lower prices, more choices, fairer wages, and a California economy that works for everyone, not just corporate CEOs and shareholders.
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