California county plans a disability database after wildfire tragedy in Los Angeles
Fires in Los Angeles forced evacuations, but disabled residents faced challenges, prompting officials to consider a tracking ...
Fires costing $250 billion, plus lost tax revenue, will hit the next LA County budget
The current budget is $84 million. Gary Jones, director of the Department of Beaches and Harbors, was asking for five new ...
Los Angeles County boosts the penalty for price gouging to $50,000
Board Chair Kathryn Barger cited a disturbing trend of price gouging, preying on the most vulnerable communities.
LA County supervisors weigh hiking post-fire price-gouging penalty to $50,000
The County Counsel was also authorized to consider initiating or joining existing litigation regarding price gouging and ...
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New price gouging penalty
The penalty for price gouging after the fires in Los Angeles County just got a lot more expensive. The new max fine: The L.A. County Board Supervisors voted Tuesday to increase the maximum fine from ...
L.A. County approves $50K penalty for price gouging during emergency
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a temporary increase to the existing penalty for those found guilty of price gouging, raising the maximum civil fine from $10,000 to ...
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Barger says coming Altadena Recovery Commission will exist for about 5 years
A new county commission to guide recovery in Altadena was still in formation. But the area’s top elected leader said once ...
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Price gouging penalty increased to $50,000 following LA wildfires
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday to increase the penalty for price gouging to a maximum ...
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Los Angeles County Increases Price Gouging Penalty to $50,000
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday to increase the penalty for price gouging to a maximum of $50,000 per violation. The supervisors voted 5-0 to increase the penalty ...
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LA County Leaders Seek to Increase Penalties for Rent Gouging
Los Angeles County landlords that attempt to price gouge victims of the recent wildfires could face fines of up to $50,000 if ...
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Los Angeles County Kicks Off First Ever Public Budget Presentations
Los Angeles County Tuesday began holding its first-ever public departmental budget hearings, mandated through voters’ passage of the Measure G governance overhaul measure. The ballot measure, approved ...
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Los Angeles County to consider increasing price gouging penalty to $50,000
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote on a motion Tuesday to increase the penalty for price gouging to a maximum of $50,000 per violation.