L.A. city attorney alleges mega real estate firm Blueground engaged in illegal price gouging
The Los Angeles City Attorney's office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated ...
Blueground charged with price-gauging LA short-term rentals
Short-term rental start-up Blueground illegally jacked up the cost of its LA listings as much as 56 percent, the city ...
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Did Some Airbnb Hosts Raise Rents Too High After L.A. Fires?
On Jan. 7, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County, rent hikes of more than 10 ...
Rental housing startup Blueground accused of gouging LA fire victims
It allegedly jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s ...
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L.A. County Ups Rent Gouging Fines, Blocks Use of Algorithms
Hydee Feldstein Soto, the L.A. city attorney, cited 10 cases in which she said that Blueground engaged in price gouging, ...
LA lawmakers threaten landlords with fines as high as $50K in rent-gouging crackdown
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit this week against Blueground, a short-term rental company that ...
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Landlords Who Price Gouge After Fires Face Monster Fines in L.A.
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 ...
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LA County Board proposes $50k fine for wildfires price gouging
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors proposed increasing the current $10,000 fine for price gouging up to $50,000 in ...
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Attorney General warns about price gouging eggs, poultry
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James alerted businesses against price gouging of eggs and poultry amid the recent national bird flu outbreak. According to a press release ...