SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 30 -- The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:
(SACRAMENTO, CA, Aug. 28, 2026) - Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) released the following statement today:
"AB 1776 is a strong step forward for antitrust enforcement here in California. The bill gives our public enforcers an important tool to address monopoly behavior while maintaining strong protections for our workers, consumers, and small businesses."
"The latest amendments are about clarifying how the public enforcement piece works and that enforcement mechanism is specifically limited to Section 16731. It does not apply to the rest of Cartwright or to any of our other antitrust laws here in Cali...