Investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi looks into growing concerns of rent price gouging amid the Los Angeles County fires and what people can do to protect themselves ...

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 ...

Jason Oppenheim, star of Netflix's "Selling Sunset," has accused Los Angeles landlords of illegally price gouging rental rates amid the city's devastating fires. In an interview with the BBC's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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." ...