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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Red Tape SHREDDED: Trump Signs Order to BULLDOZE California’s Permit Chaos
Description: A year after the LA wildfires turned entire neighborhoods into ash, fewer than a dozen homes are actually rebuilt while politicians throw confetti over issuing 1,600 permits out of 16,000 destroyed structures. That's a whopping 10% permit rate—truly lightning speed by California standards! Governor Newsom brags about "historic pace" while the median permit time sits at 51 days compared to Texas's 8 days, and survivors cite the real problem: insurance companies playing hardball and zero federal disaster aid from the $34 billion request gathering dust. Meanwhile, Trump signs an executive order to cut permitting red tape, Newsom fires back with snarky tweets about rebuilding Ma...