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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Six landlords sued for alleged price gouging after the recent Los Angeles wildfires

    Suzanne Potter, producer/reporter, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.   Rents in Los Angeles were already high before the January firestorm, but now a coalition of housing groups is suing six landlords for allegedly engaging in price gouging. In California, it is generally illegal to raise rents more than 10% following an emergency declaration. However, […]