Alex Torres

Boxing/MMA nut, Lobbyist, Political Junkie, and concert enthusiast

[Jeremy B. White @JeremyBWhite]

At this point in the night, the moderate/business Democrats are leading the progressive/labor Democrats in most of the safe blue #CALeg races

[Future of Music Coalition @future_of_music]

Good news from California as the Assembly advances bills supported by musicians!

First, AB1776 strengthens CA antitrust law, which will better protect artists and fans!

Second, AB1720 caps ticket resale to stop price gouging & protect ticketbuyers!

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

We agree here in CA @JamesSkoufis! @MattHaneySF ‘s #AB1720 up here on the Floor today in Sacramento as well!

Let’s do this 🤘🏽

[James Skoufis @JamesSkoufis]

Today would be a great day to cap ticket reselling by scalpers. Via @JasonBeeferman:

[NIVA - National Independent Venue Association @nivassoc]

Fresh off testifying at a bicameral spotlight forum on Capitol Hill, NIVA member Tom DeGeorge of @CrowbarLive shares an update from D.C.

He made the case against the @LiveNation–@Ticketmaster monopoly and the urgent need to break up their stranglehold.

Thank you, Tom! 👏

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

Had a long talk with an independent theater owner the other day who told me she couldn't speak out about Paramount/WBD because her revenue depended on media conglomerates licensing back catalog movies to her theater...

It sounded much like the conversations I had with independent pharmacists whose livelihoods depend on a small number of insurance conglomerates giving them fair dispensing fees (and not clawing back other fees based on "audits")...

The anxiety a rancher feels when suddenly there are only one or two places to process their cattle is not unlike the anxiety a screenwriter feels when there are suddenly only a handful of places to sell their scripts.

Some of the small mom & pop vendors who are going to go under when Ellison cuts $6 billion in "synergies" are the same small retailers screwed over when big box stores cut secret deals with upstream suppliers.

Everywhere, across all industries, people who actually work and produce and provide services are being squeezed harder and harder by the billionaires at the top. White collar and blue collar. Physician and nurse and janitor. Liberal and conservative and in between.

The farmers see it and are talking about it, and everyone else is waking up to it, too.

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@AGRobBonta secured a guilty verdict against LiveNation/Ticketmaster and as in the sentencing phase, this is fantastic! California’s indie venues thank @GavinNewsom who also signed CA venues grant program into law to save indie venues after COVID! @iGardon @nivacalifornia

[Brandon Richards 🐻 @BrandonRichards]

Between this and the appointment of Rohit Chopra this week, it’s clear Gov. @GavinNewsom is serious about taking on those who take advantage of American consumers -- in case there were doubters out there.

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@JuntunenWyatt GIVE THE GOVERNOR HARUMPH

[CA120 @CA_120]

Latest CA Ballot Returns — State of California via @political_data

Total 1% returned, 310,558 of 23,125,900
Dem 1%, 127,867 of 10,384,760
Rep 1%, 111,959 of 5,780,571
Ind/Oth 1%, 70,731 of 6,960,569 https://t.co/4HeYCcUWQ6

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk have remade the iconic ‘ROCKY 3’ montage.

They are now both in the same training camp.

[Jim Cooper @SheriffJCooper]

CORRECTION!

I want to correct an earlier post and thank the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the clarification: Jorge Tinoco is not being considered for release under the elderly parole program.

He is actually up for release under California’s youth offender parole process, expanded following Proposition 57. Because he was 25 years old at the time he committed this crime, he qualifies.

But does it really matter? Both laws are the same in legislative intent. Picking the winners and losers of violent and sexual criminal acts. Clearly, the standards set in the last decade have picked child molesters and rapists as the winners, and, like in this case, 5-year-old girls as the losers.

While the public is told these policies are about rehabilitation and fairness, what’s actually happening is a steady expansion of complicated, technical legal pathways that allow violent offenders, including sexually violent predators like Jorge Tinoco, to work their way back into our neighborhoods.

Call it “youth offender,” call it “early review,” call it whatever sounds best on paper. The end result is the same. Someone capable of committing a horrific crime is being given another opportunity at early release.

This isn’t an isolated situation; it’s a pattern. A system that continues to redefine eligibility, stretch intent, and reopen cases victims were led to believe were settled.

As your Sheriff, I consider it my duty and obligation to inform my constituents about these public safety failures. I will continue to do so. However, it’s important for you to know these reckless early release laws cannot be reversed by the Legislature. They must be changed at the ballot box.

To support reform of Proposition 57:

By Mail:
Protect Our Kids: Reform Prop 57
FPPC ID# 1489856
1700 Tribute Rd, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95815

Online Donations:
eFundraising: https://t.co/KXsFXQ2pB9

ActBlue: https://t.co/cFV03HNSMq

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@ScottFriedman3 Oatmeal Raisin!

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

Excellent result for consumers, independent venues, and artists! Now let’s work together to address secondary market price gouging which you all admitted in committee you had concerns with #AB1720

[Consumer Federation of California @consumercal]

Consumer Federation of California (CFC) Statement on Jury Verdict that Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a Monopoly. Read full statement from CFC Executive Director Robert Herrell below.

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@ScottFriedman3 lol and then you woke up my friend 😂 respect thought I like your whole schtick

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@ScottFriedman3 Idk maybe start scalping viewers? Might help looks a little low

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@ScottFriedman3 You struggle enough with viewership as it is so not inclined to help with that! Maybe try calling a state Assemblymember’s office more and harassing staff that might help with views!

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

He is a great dude for sure! I don’t like to compare very different people and athletes- both exceptional in their own right, but I felt a similar gut feeling when we got @derekcarrqb- positive vibes for my team all around!!!

[JT The Brick @JTTheBrick]

This guy is special!
#RaiderNation

[Alex Torres @AlexT_54]

@madrid_mike You must have had a discount code then 😅

[Steven Maviglio @stevenmaviglio]

The Bee also endorsed Barbara Lee for US Senate. She got 9.8 percent of the vote.

[BoxingScene.com @boxingscene]

Nico Ali-Walsh and Oscar De La Hoya will be testifying before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday in Washington, DC, against the Ali Revival Act.

#Boxing

[Rob Bonta @AGRobBonta]

Bringing the Live Nation / Ticketmaster case to trial meant that the jury—and the public—got to hear for themselves evidence of this megacorporation breaking the law and ripping people off.

This couldn’t have gone better for consumers, and it couldn’t have gone worse for Ticketmaster.

@KlasfeldReports @MeidasTouch