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.
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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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 ...
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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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.
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Los Angeles Allowed Hillside Homes to Multiply Despite Fiery Past
Since the historic wildfires, some officials have suggested that every rebuilt home have fire-resistant materials and fire ...
LA County Board of Supervisors offer $10K reward for help solving 2024 unsolved murder
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest in the murder of Reajonette Morgan.
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From Streets to Shelter: How LA is Tackling Homelessness by Locking Arms and Working Together
In 2023, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, led by Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum and Mayor Karen Bass, exceeded their ...
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LA County more than doubled its mental health crisis teams in four years. But it still needs more
The county is still a long way from its goal of reducing response times to 30 minutes on average, so it is exploring ways to ...
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Virginia group will assess LA County’s fire alert and evacuation procedures
The Virginia-based McChrystal Group, founded in 2011 by retired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is conducting a similar review of September’s Hurricane Helene, which caused extensive damage and ...