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Price Gouging
California’s anti-price gouging statute, Penal Code Section 396, prohibits landlords and other businesses from raising rent (or the price of many consumer goods and services) by more than 10 percent for a period of time after a state of emergency has been declared by the President, the Governor, or local officials. Rent increases are limited to 10% during that period, irrespective of the duration and whether the unit becomes vacant.
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If you follow the news, you probably notice that California appears to be in a constant state of emergency. Whether due to fires, severe storms, earthquakes, or pandemics, both the…
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Gov. Newsom on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County due to an I-10 freeway fire; however, unlike most emergency proclamations, it hasn’t activated California’s anti-price gouging…
As of today, no California counties are under a governor-declared state of emergency with related caps on rent increases. Thursday, Oct. 12, brought the expiration of Siskiyou County’s emergency…
Del Norte County’s state of emergency, linked to the Smith River Complex Fire and the associated rent increase caps, expired on Sept. 28. Similarly, the Happy Camp Complex Fire’s state…
States of emergency related to Tropical Storm Hilary, along with accompanying caps on rent increases, expired in 11 California counties on Monday, Sept. 18: Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles,…
Limits on rent increases have again been triggered in Siskiyou County after Gov. Newsom this week declared a state of emergency to help address the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary.…
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, Aug. 29, proclaimed states of emergency in Del Norte and Siskiyou counties due to ongoing wildfires, specifically the Smith River Complex fires in Del Norte…
Twelve California counties are under a state of emergency, with a related cap on rent increases, in response to Tropical Storm Hillary. On Aug. 19, anticipating the impact of the…
No more governor-declared emergencies in effect A winter storm-related state of emergency in Ventura County, and its related caps on rent increases, ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, June 16. This…
Although Solano County’s state of emergency and related rent cap expired last week, a new state of emergency is now in effect for Ventura County. The expiration of Solano County’s…
