Unfair Practices Act.

The Unfair Practices Act makes various practices unlawful and provides that any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty. That act specifies who is authorized to bring an action to enforce it, including a city attorney of any city having a population in excess of 750,000. That act requires 1 /2 of the penalty collected to be paid to the treasurer of the city in which the judgment was entered and the other 1 /2 to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, if the action was brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor. This bill would, instead, require the penalty collected to be paid to the treasurer of the City of San Diego, if the action is brought by the City Attorney of San Diego. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Diego.