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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LA City attorney investigating 900 price-gouging complaints following wildfires
The city’s top legal cop said their biggest case was filed Feb. 3 against Blueground US Inc. a venture capital-backed company founded in 2013. Feldstein Soto’s office alleges in its complaint ...
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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, ...