In L.A. County, price-gouging landlords could soon face fines of $50,000
County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, who both saw swaths of their districts decimated by fire, asked county ...
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LA Likely to Increase Price Gouging Penalties to $50,000
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed the Office of County Counsel Tuesday to draft a resolution to increase ...
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Price gouging after disasters like the LA fires is illegal. But it's happening anyway.
The state of California maintains a list of areas designated as disasters and where price gouging is illegal under the statute Penal Code 396. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
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Second rent-gouging case
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed new price-gouging charges against a real estate agent accused of trying to ...
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Price gouging is illegal is California. How to stay protected
As thousands of Californians flee the ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California, authorities are cracking down on potential price gouging. Under California Penal Code 396(c ...
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2nd real estate agent accused of price gouging, increasing rent more than 50% after Eaton Fire
GLENDALE, Calif. (CNS) -- The state Attorney General's Office announced charges against a second Southern California real estate agent accused of price gouging by allegedly raising the rental ...
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson warns against price gouging ahead of winter storm
With winter weather approaching, Attorney General Jeff Jackson said Friday that North Carolina’s price gouging law is now in effect statewide. This follows Gov. Josh Stein’s declaration of a ...
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Signs of rent gouging rise across region in fires’ wake, bringing calls for enforcement
Temporary price-gouging protections in place because of the fires are supposed to stop such dramatic rent hikes, but a Times review of online listings this week indicate illegal increases are ...