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In 2013, a fire truck cost $500,000.00. In 2023, the same truck cost $1,000,000.00. Why? Private Equity and giant corporations took control of the industry and jacked up prices.  We can't let corporate greed make our communities less safe. @CAgovernor Sign AB 1776, the COMPETE Act!

The fix to California’s affordability crisis isn't complicated nor radical, writes Teri Olle, Vice President of Economic Security California Action, in her new op-ed in the @sfchronicle. "It is restoring expectations of fairness and accountability, so that our modern economy works for everyone — not just the world's most powerful corporations." Four companies control nearly half our grocery shelves. Corporate profits are up 133% in two decades. Wages? Only 8%. Californians pay an estimated $3,700 more a year than they would in a competitive market. The COMPETE Act updates a 119-year-old law so California can do something about it. The Assembly recently voted to advance it. Now the California Senate must act. Read the full op-ed: sfchronicle.com/opinion/open…