State fines Pacific Palisades animal rescue $12,000, orders it to cease fundraising

An animal rescue organization that launched a prohibited GoFundMe campaign after its headquarters was destroyed in the devastating Palisades fire has been fined $12,000 by the state and ordered to immediately stop fundraising.

In April, the California Department of Justice filed a cease-and-desist complaint against A Wish For Animals, noting that the rescue’s charitable trust registration had been revoked in 2016, expressly prohibiting it from soliciting donations.

State records...