California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 17206.2

(a)(1) In addition to any liability for a civil penalty pursuant to Section 17206, a person who violates this chapter, if the act or acts of unfair competition are perpetrated against one or more service members or veterans, may be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which may be assessed and recovered in a civil action as prescribed in Section 17206.

(2) Any civil penalty shall be paid as prescribed by subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 17206.

(1) “Service member” means a person who is a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, or the active militia of this state.

(2) “Veteran” means a person who was formerly a service member.