Los Angeles fire evacuees face price gouging

Santa Monica, California –

Five days after an inferno razed Pacific Palisades in California, Maya Lieberman is desperate to find somewhere to live. But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard.

“The price gouging is going haywire, it’s obscene,” the 50-year-old stylist said.

“I can’t find anywhere for us to go.”