LA City attorney investigating 900 price-gouging complaints following wildfires
With thousands of people displaced by the Palisades and Eaton fires, the office has every division working on gouging claims.
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Did Some Airbnb Hosts Raise Rents Too High After L.A. Fires?
On Jan. 7, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County, rent hikes of more than 10 ...
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L.A. County Ups Rent Gouging Fines, Blocks Use of Algorithms
Hydee Feldstein Soto, the L.A. city attorney, cited 10 cases in which she said that Blueground engaged in price gouging, ...
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Landlords Who Price Gouge After Fires Face Monster Fines in L.A.
While L.A. city officials have floated tripling that penalty to $30,000, county leaders want to take it even further. Not everyone thinks bigger fines will fix the problem. Chelsea Kirk, who tracks ...