Criminal charges were filed against agent Mike Kobeissi who allegedly tried to price gouge a couple who lost their home in the Eaton fire.
California AG accuses real estate agent Mike Kobeissi of price gouging, raising a house rent by 38% after the Eaton Fire. The DOJ has issued warnings and stresses the importance of reporting such violations.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced his office has opened investigations into reports of price-gouging in the Southern California areas ravaged by devastating wildfires. “We have boots on the ground conducting investigations as we speak,” he said in a Thursday press conference.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed charges Wednesday against a local real estate agent for attempting to "price gouge" amid the Los Angeles Eaton Fire.
Just days after President Trump issued sweeping executive orders targeting immigration and the southern border, stories are surfacing of the impacts to local migrants.
With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.
Two wildfires ignited early Tuesday in San Diego, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The Lilac Fire had burned about 20 acres at a moderate rate of speed and was zero percent contained, Cal Fire’s San Diego department said in a statement posted on social media.
California, which prides itself on being a global leader in environmental innovation, should be championing advancements in plastics recycling, not attacking them.
California sued Trump's first administration 123 times. Trump lost two-thirds of those cases, but experts warn that California could have a tougher go this time.
The American Red Cross is helping wildfire victims find shelter and food. Call the American Red Cross hotline at 1-800-RED CROSS or text CAWILDFIRES to 90999 to make a donation. The nonprofit organization urged Californians to sign up to give blood, noting that blood donations have dropped since the fires began.
Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, implores the California Apartment Association, the powerful lobbying group for corporate landlords, to urge its members to voluntarily enact rent freezes during the calamity.
Trump lost more than two-thirds of the lawsuits filed against his rules in his first term. His win rate of 31% was lower than that of the three administrations prior, according to an analysis by the Institute of Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law.