SoCal agent hit with price gouging charge as law limits rents

Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed the first price-gouging charges related to the fires, accusing La Cañada-Flintridge real estate agent Mike Kobeissi of raising the monthly rent on a property by 38 percent, the Los Angeles Times reported. Kobeissi allegedly jacked up the rent to $12,000 from $8,700, after a couple displaced by the Eaton […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.