By james art 
District Lawyers from Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara call the Gavin News government to expand an emergency declaration for Price extraction associated with the Palisades and Fires of EthanS
In a letter sent to the governor on Tuesday, January 28, DAS stressed the need for expansion so that their offices can continue after those who want to benefit from the fires.
“People take advantage of these tragedies as an opportunity to profit through pricing,” the letter said. “Thousands of families have been displaced from their homes through these devastating fires and with the gloomy and very real perspective for months, if not years to restore their homes, many of these victims flee in adjacent counties to escape from the disaster area, When they start to make your life – and their properties – together again. “
The letter was signed by Todd Spitzer in Orange County, Mike Hestrin in Riverside, Jason Anderson in San Bernardino and John Savnoch in Santa Barbara
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The Newsom Office, in an email to the Southern California News Group, did not comment on the letter, only saying “We will let you know if we have something to share.”
Newsom declared an emergency For cities in Los Angeles and Ventura on January 7, after wind -driven fires burned through several coastal and hill communities. California law, Under Penal Code 396limits the increase in rent after an emergency declaration to 10% above the prices of the advantage.
Violators may be a fine of up to $ 10,000 and/or up to a year in prison.
While landlords are subject to lease limitation affected by other emergencies, fire protection is exclusive to the disaster area by March 8. Another state declaration of emergency cases linked to the bird flu virus expired on January 17th.
This means that rents in areas outside the cities of Los Angeles and Ventura are not subject to a 10% rental cap.
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“As the district attorneys of the neighboring counties in the cities of Los Angeles and Ventura, in which you have declared an emergency as a result of the fires, we respectfully want to issue an additional declaration of an emergency regarding the housing in Orange, San Bernardino, the Riverside and Santa County Barbara, stating that the declaration, if it was a housing emergency situation created by the fire of Ethan and Palisades, “the letter said. “Expanding the Emergency Declaration in our Counts would allow us to aggressively pursue those who seek to profit from victims who have lost everything in these unprecedented fires.”
The letter ends by thanking the governor “to keep these persons responsible and supporting our colleague Californians in the most dark hours of their worst days.
“Together – continues,” we will be able to rise from the ashes stronger. “
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