David Wagner

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to increase the maximum fine from $10,000 to $50,000.

Government documents show Va Lecia Adams Kellum, who leads an agency that manages over $700 million in homeless services contracts each year, inked deals with the nonprofit where her husband is a senior staffer.

One month after the fires, many renters still can’t move back to their homes because their landlords won’t say when, or if, they plan to clean up toxic ash.

Los Angeles councilmembers spar over a proposal to give new safeguards to tenants who lost income because of the fires.

The agent allegedly offered a Glendale home to a family displaced by the Eaton Fire for more than 50% above the listed rent. She denies the allegations.

Here’s what “The Rent Brigade” found after combing through 1,343 Zillow posts that appear to have broken California’s ban on post-fire price gouging.

Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would go after alleged rent gougers, and this week his office filed its first case. The agent strongly denies breaking the law.

If approved, the proposal would ease Airbnb regulations and give new protections to tenants who open their doors to people and pets displaced by the fires.

What happens to security deposits? Who pays for repairs? LAist answers these and other questions from tenants affected by the L.A. fires.

Attorney General Rob Bonta confirmed his office is building cases against those suspected of raising rents by more than 10% after the L.A. fires.

A proposal to freeze rents and protect Angelenos affected by wildfires from eviction was sent to committee while other emergency motions passed unanimously.

The region already had a severe shortage of affordable housing. With thousands of families displaced by fires, it’s now even worse.