@matthaneysf: AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, just passed out of its first policy committee! This bill will cap the resale price of concert and live event tickets at no more than 10 percent above face value, to curb price gouging by ticket brokers and resale platforms and ensure live music remains accessible to fans. For decades, concert tickets were sold at face value to real fans who wanted to see the artists they loved. But today, professional scalpers and bots buy up tickets in seconds and resell them at massive markups. This bill puts an end to that system and puts the concert experience back where it belongs: with fans and artists. While ticketing has moved online, the fundamental promise of live music has not changed. What has changed is the rise of resale platforms that have turned concert tickets into a speculative market. Automated bots and ticket brokers now dominate ticket sales, driving prices far beyond face value without providing any benefit to artists, venues, or fans. Concert tickets aren’t stocks to be flipped for profit. They’re a chance for real fans to see the artists they love. Yet for years we’ve let out-of-state scalpers and speculators cut the line, buy up tickets in bulk, and resell them at outrageous markups—shutting out fans while taking the lion’s share of the money. They didn’t write the songs. They didn’t build the venues. They didn't clean the bathrooms. They didn’t put on the show. But they’re the ones cashing in. That’s not fair, and it’s not inevitable. California is the heart of the music industry, and we have a duty to stand with fans, artists, and venues, not speculators and scalpers. This is about restoring common sense and making sure live music is about community and culture, not price-gouging and profiteering.

Matt Haney

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Wednesday 08 April 2026 02:08:24 GMT