While L.A. city officials have floated tripling that penalty to $30,000, county leaders want to take it even further. Not everyone thinks bigger fines will fix the problem. Chelsea Kirk, who tracks ...

Josh Schroeder, a real estate agent who mostly works in Laguna Beach and other coastal cities in South O.C., said he’s ...

The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit this week against Blueground, a short-term rental company that ...

The recent fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California forced thousands of people into an already unforgiving LA real ...

California district attorneys sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a letter requesting he take action on illegal price gouging schemes in ...

It allegedly jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s ...

Rent Brigade, an online group that tracks rent increases, found more than 2,800 examples of rent gouging in LA County.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta's decision not to run for governor could help clear the field for other candidates, like ...

Amid rent gouging, land speculators and insurance woes, the cost of rebuilding may exceed working people’s means.

Blueground US Inc. illegally jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, the city ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed the Office of County Counsel Tuesday to draft a resolution to increase ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday signed a new wildfire relief executive order ending an anti-price gouging provision that ...