Consumer Protection Law
Jun. 1, 2026
Altadena couple's price-gouging suit tests wildfire rent protections
The lawsuit against the couple's post-fire landlords puts California's anti-price-gouging statute to its first private enforcement test.
An Altadena couple displaced by the Eaton Fire has filed what is understood to be California's first private civil lawsuit by wildfire victims seeking to enforce the state's anti-price-gouging law, claiming they paid nearly triple the legal rent ceiling for nine months while their landlords allegedly ignored two government warnings to stop.
Randall and Candy Renick sued landlords Terrence and Catalina Chow in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday, alleging they wer...
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