Crackdown on Coronavirus price gouging
In San Francisco, state officials and some online retail sites are attempting to crack down on the now-illegal practice of raising by more than 10% the pre-emergency price of highly sought items such as food, cleaning supplies and, of course, toilet paper. Alex Bastian, a spokesman for San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, said the office has developed a price-gouging task force because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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