DA’s office shores up public-facing consumer protection website
The DA's office says it has updated a website that allows members of the public to report complaints regarding fraudulent practices.
Dante Ulanday - News Moderator 
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that it is bolstering methods for members of the public to file consumer protection complaints.
The DA’s office says it has updated a website that allows members of the public to report complaints regarding fraudulent or unlawful business practices taking place within San Diego County.
That online reporting tool can be accessed here.
Consumer protection experts will also be available to handle in-person complaints and provide advice at two locations: the DA’s CARE Center in National City and One Safe Place: the North County Family Justice Center in San Marcos.
“My office is committed to supporting the San Diego community and providing a means of reporting individuals and businesses engaged in unlawful business practices,” San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a statement.
“We want to streamline the reporting process as much as possible and want consumers to know where they can go to more easily report suspected fraud or unlawful business practices.”
The DA’s office said that more than $134 million in penalties have been ordered over the past decade in connection with consumer protection filings from its office, including more than $14 million in civil judgments last year.
The San Diego County DA’s office is also part of the California Automatic Renewal Task Force, a coalition of district attorney’s offices statewide that recently secured a $7.5 million settlement with meal kit delivery company HelloFresh for alleged violations of California’s law governing automatic subscription renewals.
