The wildfires that swept through southern California happened in January. That was ten months ago. Since then, in Malibu, which lost more than 700 structures in the fires, only two reconstruction permits have been issued. TWO.
What are the people who run California doing all day? How is this even possible?
We are reminded of the predictions by Adam Carolla after the fires. Pretty much everything he predicted is coming true.
Hot Air reports:
Malibu Lost 720 Structures in the Fire; 2 Building Permits Have Been Issued So Far
Remember the halcyon days of January 2025, when every politician representing the Los Angeles area, from city councilmen to the governor, promised to expedite permitting to help residents rebuild after the disastrous fires the Democrats created?
It was all bulls**t, and everybody knew it then, but of course, everybody in California’s Pravda pretended to take them seriously. After all, this is California, where the sun shines ever day and Gavin Newsom has a perpetual 10-year plan to end homelessness. Democrats are GOOD and Republicans are EVIL.
Well, as predicted by every sane person, the politicians have failed to follow through with their promised expediting of the permitting process. Of the 720 structures destroyed, only two have gotten permits to rebuild. One suspects that Newsom’s promise to rebuild the area better than ever actually means that he and the Democrats want to reshape it into their version of utopia.
They point to this report from the Los Angeles Times:
The slow pace of reconstruction after January’s fire disaster has touched off a political tempest in Malibu, prompting the resignation of the city’s volunteer rebuilding “ambassador” and his suggestion — along with some other rebuilding activists — that Mayor Marianne Riggins “consider gracefully stepping down.”
The controversy brings to a boil a conflict that has been simmering for months over what Malibu residents say are overly onerous rebuilding requirements. Some 720 structures in the city burned down in January, but just 69 have received initial plan approval and only two have obtained building permits, allowing them to begin construction.
That painfully slow progress provided the backdrop Monday, as rebuilding ambassador Abe Roy told the City Council he was resigning. “Our work is far from done,” Roy told the City Council. “Two permits issued in nearly ten months is an abomination by any standard.”
Every single person involved in this should resign in shame.
I’m convinced that our society would be infinitely better off if everyone who voted Democratic on the national level chose to vote Republican at the local level.
This is just unacceptable, but voters in LA simply aren’t holding their elected reps accountable. pic.twitter.com/dMG2d1ny1u
— Will O’Neill (@RealWillONeill) October 1, 2025
If Los Angeles was a private company, the CEO and entire leadership team would have been fired a long time ago. Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom, and all of the people on the city council should be out of jobs. These people are useless.