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 ...
L.A. City Atty. alleges mega real estate firm Blueground engaged in illegal price gouging
The Los Angeles City Atty's office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated anti-price ...
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LA County Board proposes $50k fine for wildfires price gouging
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors proposed increasing the current $10,000 fine for price gouging up to $50,000 in ...
Rent gouging in Los Angeles County will soon carry a maximum $50,000 penalty
As if life wasn’t difficult enough for thousands of people in Los Angeles County with no place to live because they lost ...
LA lawmakers threaten landlords with fines as high as $50K in rent-gouging crackdown
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit this week against Blueground, a short-term rental company that ...
California Gov. Newsom should take 'no-brainer' action to crack down on wildfire lawlessness, DAs say
California district attorneys sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a letter requesting he take action on illegal price gouging schemes in ...
Newsom order amends rental price-gouging rules, worrying renters and owners
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday signed a new wildfire relief executive order ending an anti-price gouging provision that ...
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Blueground US Inc. illegally jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, the city ...
Blueground charged with price-gauging LA short-term rentals
Short-term rental start-up Blueground illegally jacked up the cost of its LA listings as much as 56 percent, the city ...
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LA County Looks 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 the penalty for price gouging to a maximum of $50,000 per violation. The ...