§ 42364. — 42364. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 594, Sec. 1.)

California § 42364.

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(a)
A person who violates or threatens to violate Section 42362 may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)
(1)
A person who has violated Section 42362 is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per day for each violation in addition to any other penalty established by law. That civil penalty may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(2)
In assessing the amount of a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter, the court shall consider all of the following:
(A)
The nature and extent of the violation.
(B)
The number of, and severity of, the violations.
(C)
The economic effect of the penalty on the violator.
(D)
Whether the violator took good faith measures to comply with this chapter and when these measures were taken.
(E)
The deterrent effect that the imposition of the penalty would have on both the violator and the regulated community as a whole.
(F)
Any other factor that justice may require.
(c)
Actions pursuant to this section may be
brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the state, by a district attorney, by a city attorney, or by a city prosecutor in a city or city and county having a full-time city prosecutor.
(d)
Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the office of the city attorney, city prosecutor, district attorney, or Attorney General, whichever office brought the action.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 594, Sec. 1. (AB 888) Effective January 1, 2016.