The supervisor of Los Angeles County wants to increase the price of gowns after wildfire.
Supervisor Lindsay Hovas and Cathing Burger both saw the bands in their districts were destroyed by fire, I asked a county lawyer on Tuesday To make a resolution to increase the maximum penalty for LA County Price Gauding from $ 10,000 to $ 50,000.
“There are still bad actors who use this crisis,” said Horvath, who contains a black Pacific Palace.
Immediately after the disaster, California’s law generally banned more than 10 % of the landlords he had asked before. Violators may face up to one year and $ 10,000 in prison.
In Los Angeles, some officials want Increase the penalty Up to $ 30,000. Burger in the district, including Altadena, said she wanted to go further, and argued that the looted landlords of the entire LA county should pay for a sudden price.
“When someone hears it is misunderstanding, I always smile,” said Burger. “No, if you leave it for $ 8,000 a month, and after the fire, it will be up to $ 23,000 per month.”
Some tenant supporters are worried that enhanced penalties are purely symbolic. The state approach to price gowns is all bark and not bitten.
“We are in the fourth week of the crisis of the fire, but only two have been charged,” said Chelsea Kirk, a 30 -year -old organizer who is widely distributed. Spreadsheet Lians can report gowns in prices on sites such as Zillow. “What is that signal for the landlord?”
California Ati. General Rob Bonta charging Rakany Diffrint Trint Ridge real estate agents are said to have raised the price of rental properties by 38 % last month. Bonta claimed to another agent for hiking. price More than 50 % in the GLENDALE property.
A group of tenant supporters including Kirk has been released I will report last month This has found a 1,300 instance of the price in Zillow, the first and half after the fire broke out. Since then, she has found a group of 1,500 examples.
“The fact that we have so many rent gowners means that only two people have been prosecuted, meaning that it doesn’t matter what penalties are. It doesn’t matter what kind of strong language you use, “she said. “Statistically, what are two out of 2,800?”
Bonta says his office says, “There are many things that are good in our promises that the price Goger is responsible.”
Ractityty. Hydee Feldstein Soto announced on Tuesday that her office has claimed by up to 50 % of the rental platform BlueGround in the aftermath of a wildfire.
According to Rafael Calvajal, the captain of the consumer and the business bureau, LA County has received 915 complaints on price gowns. He stated that the number does not include an example in crowdsourced spreadsheets.
According to Carbajal, price gowns can replenish fuel with rental price setting software.
This software, which is popular with real estate management companies, recommends the highest rent that real estate owners can claim based on the market.
Companies such as Yardi and real pages are so Scrutiny The US Department of Justice claims that the federal government artificially expands the price of housing by using this software. This summer, San Francisco became the first city in Japan. Prohibit landlords Use this kind of software to bread as “automatic price fixed”.
LA county leaders stated on Tuesday that some landlords that the county scrutinized for price gowns, then pointing their fingers to these companies and then considering similar crackdowns in the aftermath of fire. 。
“We anticipate that it has nourished the increase,” Calvaharu said. “Some of them apologize and” I didn’t know that I was adjusting the price. I hope I’m in trouble. “
