Posted on 06/30/2025 10:12:30 AM PDT by grundle
By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
June 30, 2025
The very first time that I heard California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass say that they were creating a “one stop center” that would make it “easy” for fire victims to get a building permit, I knew they were lying.
These 3 screenshots from their own website prove that they were lying.
This is the link to their website:
https://recovery.lacounty.gov/rebuilding/permitting-progress-dashboard/
This first screenshot is dated June 30, 2025.
These other two screen shots are close ups taken from that first screenshot.
This close up shows that from March 1 through June 30, 2025, more than 5,000 fire victims visited the “one stop center.” I’m assuming that these were more than 5,000 unique fire victims, and none of them went more than once, because it’s called a “one stop center.”
This other close up shows that as of June 30, 2025, 948 fire victims had applied for permits to rebuild their homes.
But out of those 948 requests for permits, only 44 have been approved.
That’s less than 5% of building permit requests that have actually been approved.
And when we take into account that more than 5,000 unique fire victims have visited the “one stop center,” and that only 44 building permits have been approved, that’s actually means that less than 1% of the fire victims who visited the “one stop center” have received permission to rebuild their homes.
Less than 1%.
So the claim by Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass that their “one stop center” would make it “easy” for fire victims to get a building permit was a complete lie.
Of course it’s possible that some fire victims did in fact visit the “one stop center” more than once. But if that is the case, then it only proves that the phrase “one stop center” was a lie.
Anyway, given the huge number of homes that burned down, it’s an absolute disgrace that only 44 building permits have been approved.
Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass were lying when they said it would be “easy” for fire victims to get a building permit.
You get a rejected permit ... and you get a rejected permit ... and you get a rejected permit.
The permits should be approved by default so the homes can be rebuilt right away. There should not be that much in construction changes other then using more fireproof materials.
It was the city and state regulations that allowed brush to grow. In fact the city sued the utility that wanted to clear brush in the area for what the city said was a endangered plant... they also blocked residents as well.
The story went that a guy was hiking the area and noticed this plant, just happened to notice. Did I say just happen to notice? He was the ‘plant’ for the environmentalists.
That stopped the utility from clearing the brush along the power lines. The utlity had to pay the city millions.
In short that guy who no doubt worked for the democrats helped kill 27 people and burn thousands of homes.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE OLYMPICS GOES ELSEWHERE
WHO WILL BUY IT—_IF THEY CANNOT GET A BUILDING PERMIT???
THE “FIRE BREAKS” THAT ONCE WERE NORMAL???
THE ENVIROS STOPPED THEM:
BECAUSE THEY INTERFERED WITH MICE CROSSING THOSE OPEN AREAS
NOT KIDDING
People WILL get building permits.
IF they make the right campaign donations.
The government in states like California is like dealing with organized crime. You just need to know who to grease.
The biggest deterrent is probably the coastal commission.
That is made up of a lot of true believers. People that just want LESS houses. More open space. They may not be able to be motivated by money.
Unlike almost all politicians that can be bought.
However, there will be a lot of homeowners that will be forced to sell their land. Keep in mind that some of these home owners inherited this property from their parents who bought it for 100X less than its current value. That is the only reason they could afford to live there.
Unfortunately, those people most likely will be forced to sell. Unless, they can pay the real estate taxes for five years waiting to be able to rebuild.
The overpaid bureaucrats are really going to shine by demonstrating how red tape can strangle freedom and destroy lives. Your tax dollars at work!
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