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Department of Real Estate details wildfire outreach, licensing volume and consumer tools
Summary
The Department of Real Estate told a joint legislative sunset hearing that it has expanded consumer outreach and set up dedicated email and web forms to handle unsolicited below‑market offers and price‑gouging reports in recent wildfire zones, while also describing licensing volumes and education partnerships.
The California Department of Real Estate (DRE) told a joint Assembly and Senate committee on Tuesday that it has mobilized outreach and enforcement resources to assist property owners and consumers affected by recent wildfires and that it continues efforts to increase access to real estate education and licensure pathways.
Chika Sunquist, Real Estate Commissioner, told the committees that the department licenses roughly 430,000 brokers and salespeople and operates with an approximately $65 million annual budget funded entirely by special funds. “Our approach to consumer protection is to engage in preventive and proactive measures and then pursue enforcement actions in the most egregious matters,” Sunquist said.
What DRE has done for wildfire victims
- Single contact points: the department established a…
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