Now that Trump has decided to intervene in the California rebuild process, thousands of wildfire victims in the Pacific Palisades and other areas are finally getting permits to rebuild.
Trump should not have had to do even do this but these people are probably very happy that he did.
Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should be ashamed of themselves. These fires happened well over a year ago and these poor people in California are STILL waiting for permission to rebuild their homes.
What an embarrassing display of incompetence.
They should have allowed Trump to oversee this from day one.
The New York Post reports:
Thousands of Palisades and Eaton fire rebuilding permits approved after Trump’s executive order
President Trump’s executive order to fast-track the rebuilding of Los Angeles after the wildfires has resulted in almost 2,000 permits approved since it was signed in January, The Post can exclusively reveal.
Trump’s order let state and local rules be preempted when it came to obtaining permits and allowed builders to “self-certify” that they have complied with “substantive health, safety and building standards.”
The result of the administration’s take over was the approval of thousands of permits for people to begin the rebuilding process of homes and businesses ravaged by the January 2025 Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the most destructive blazes in LA history.
“President Trump’s January Executive Order was a bold move to break through the non-federal logjams that had held up lives, homes, and entire neighborhoods from being rebuilt. Since that EO, we’ve helped drive nearly 2,000 permit approvals,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told The Post.
Los Angeles County has issued 971 permits since executive order was signed – which is a 72% increase – and Los Angeles City has issued 961 permits since then – a 58% increase, the EPA revealed to The Post.
Trump tasked EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin with carrying out the order as it was the Environmental Protection Agency that cleaned up all the hazardous materials left in the wake of the deadly blaze.
Trump and Zeldin deserve credit for this.
Since President Trump’s January EO, almost 2,000 new permits have been approved for LA wildfire victims desperately trying to rebuild their homes. From his leadership to get insurance companies to do more and faster, to pressing for more forest management, water flow, and more,…
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) April 22, 2026
Newsom and Karen Bass should have resigned in shame right after the fires. Their behavior since than has been a downright disgrace.
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