The Inferno After the Inferno Lauren Ravitz, a realtor in Los Angeles, wakes up every morning to frantic calls from wildfire victims begging for a place to live. Her inbox overflows with messages from people whose lives just went up in flames—literally. And yet, even in this chaos, there are those who see an opportunity—not to help, but to profit. Rental prices have skyrocketed as desperate survivors scramble for housing. California’s so-called "protections" against rent gouging, which theoretically cap increases at 10% during a state of emergency, are being ignored. And why wouldn’t they be? The people who are supposed to enforce these laws are either asleep at the wheel or too busy making TikToks about climate change. "Some people…

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