It goes without saying that finding a roof over your head anywhere in the Los Angeles basin and surrounding hills is going to be a challenge for quite a while. It also goes without saying that real estate in that neck of the woods, including that which you don’t own but rent, is gobsmackingly pricey.
The state has invoked its anti-price gouging statute, encouraging anyone who has knowledge of or believes they’ve been a victim of a scheme to profit from disaster-related need to report the agency, landlord, or real estate agent themselves for overcharging.
The law seems pretty straightforward, as most of these do (we have them here on Florida, most often invoked immediately after hurricanes, with gas stations being the worst offenders for extortionary price inflation):
…Both the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted on Jan. 7. On that day, Gov. Gavin Newsom…
