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Committee advances SB 36 to strengthen price-gouging rules for housing after California wildfires
Summary
SB 36, aimed at expanding civil penalties and reporting duties for online rental platforms and enabling prosecutors to obtain warrants for housing-related price gouging, was advanced with committee amendments; supporters cited wildfire-driven exploitation of displaced residents.
Senate Bill 36, presented by Senator Tom Umberg, would strengthen California’s price-gouging laws by expanding enforcement and reporting duties, specifically addressing exploitative increases in housing and lodging prices after disaster events.
Savina Takar of the Consumer Attorneys of California told the committee that vulnerable residents displaced by wildfires are being charged “thousands of…
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