The state of California maintains a list of areas designated as disasters and where price gouging is illegal under the statute Penal Code 396. “Gouging” is defined as raising the rent − or ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom extended price gouging protections on rental housing Thursday, while the state’s top law enforcement official vowed to crack down on landlords who are ignoring the rules ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday his office is actively investigating and preparing criminal charges against landlords, real estate agents and other businesses that have raised ...

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 ...

Landlords decide to raise them — and there’s evidence that’s happening all over LA right now, despite laws designed to prevent them from price-gouging during an emergency. See here ...

who noted that his own office had yet to be presented by its law enforcement counterparts with price gouging cases, nevertheless explained that it would seek maximum punishment for such offensives ...

But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard. "The price gouging is going haywire, it's obscene," the 50-year-old stylist told AFP. "I can't find anywhere for us to go." ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles was already dealing with a housing crisis before last week's wildfires left thousands without a home overnight, and now price gouging is making it harder for fire ...

In response to the Los Angeles fires, Airbnb has restricted hosts in affected counties from raising prices more than 10% to prevent price gouging, aligning with California's state of emergency laws.

Rent increases of more than 10% from pre-fire levels violate California’s prohibition on price gouging, which was triggered by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency around ...

He offered his brokerage’s services for free to those who were impacted and was one of the first notable figures to sound the alarm about illegal price gouging. “Landlords shouldn’t be ...

“This isn’t the time to be taking advantage,” Oppenheim said on the BBC program, noting California’s anti price-gouging law, which bars hikes above 10 percent during emergencies.