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by fragmede 4072 days ago
That's not entirely true.

There are specific cases where non-competes are valid in California, relating to being the business owner (aka having an equity stake), which OP has, to some degree.

See Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code ยงยง 16602.5 or Wikipedia for more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#Exceptions_-...

OP, time to lawyer up.