In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency, California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned consumers that price gouging during the state’s series of storms is illegal.
Bonta issued a consumer alert reminding residents that it is against the law for sellers to increase prices by over 10 percent. The law applies to sellers with food, emergency or medical supplies, building materials and gasoline for sale.
Also prohibited are extreme price spikes for reconstruction services, cleanup services, transportation services and rental housing and hotel accommodations.
Sellers are exempt from the prohibition if the price of labor, goods or materials have increased.
Violators are subject to fines up to $10,000 or a one-year county jail sentence, and civil penalties.
Californians who believe they were a victim of price gouging are urged to report the incident to local authorities or to Bonta’s office at oag.ca.gov/report.
I experienced the opposite of price gouging. The carpet in one room got flooded from a stopped drain and the company I called said because of California’s and/or EPA’s rules they would have to treat it as toxic and use space suits and it would cost a lot. He said I could do it myself for almost nothing, gave me instructions on what to do, and I was completely successful. I won’t give their name because I don’t want the enviro-nazis after them.
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So gouging is allowed all other times when it’s not storming.
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But it’s OK for Newsome to gouge the residents of California with ridiculous taxes
Since when did a winter storm become a state of emergency? It seems as if California is in a perpetual state of emergency under Newscum.
As for price gouging … would anyone actually be charged AND convicted? If it is less than $950, should they be charged in this state? Or is that dollar value only for what we take from the shop owners …. I think the only way the shop owners would be charged is because Newscum hates competition when it comes to stealing from the state residents.
I have numerous to report. I’m a victim of price gouging every weekday when I drive on 680 and the State raises prices significantly, during commute hours, for the toll lanes.
We are well into the Biden caused inflation. Is this something extra? Are we blaming this on a storm?
Price gouging? Anybody go to the grocery store lately?
No way to justify those prices, grocery stores always play with prices according to which products the want to sell more of. Sale! BOGO (buy one get one) Price ends Wednesday! it’s all BS to get us to spend more money… sometimes they offer a real bargain price on a popular item just to get you in the store (they know you will buy alot of other items while you’re there).
I used to work in sales many moons ago before I decided to do honest work for a living.
Indeed. I find a lot of workers at stores don’t even understand how the game works and why the company is doing it. That even includes managers. Some don’t even know where products are located in the their store.
Let’s see. Every time you turn around Gavin is there with a new price-gouging tax for you to pay. What a hypocrite.
The emergency declaration is so they can pass more goofy legislation without a vote. Newsom, Bonta, and Becerra are thick as thieves, because they are thieves.
I thought Joe said his name was “Xavier Bakaria”