An emergency was declared in California on January 7, when the fires started. On January 12, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that extended laws "prohibiting price gouging in times of emergency" until January 7, 2026, in Los Angeles County.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced charges against a La Cañada Flintridge real estate agent for allegedly raising the price of his rental by 38% after L.A.'s wildfires.

Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would go after alleged rent gougers, and this week his office filed its first case. The agent strongly denies breaking the law.

During a state of emergency, most landlords can only raise rents by 10%. Members of the LA Tenants Union have compiled a spreadsheet of well over 1,000 listings they say exceed the 10% threshold. Irani said for her, it was a way to help fire victims.

Tenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of people were displaced in deadly fires this month.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned that price gouging beyond ... News outlet LAist found that one property in Bel Air was listed on Zillow for $29,500 per month as of January 11.

Fires in Los Angeles have destroyed thousands of homes, leaving families scrambling for long-term shelter in the face of uncertainty. Real estate listing websites such as Zillow have shown many properties taken off the market during the fires, only to be put back on the market for thousands more than they were originally listed for.

For one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. In an interview with LAist, the agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.”

Rental housing prices in L.A. are spiking as historic fires burn in Southern California, forcing thousands of residents who’ve lost homes to scramble to find a new place to live.

A law barring monthly rents of more than $10,000 for new listings is stopping high-end homes from going on the market, real estate agents and brokers say. Such homes could be in demand for wealthy fire victims.

Newsweek found properties that jacked up their prices during the California wildfires raising concerns of potential price gouging.