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California’s a regulation inferno — and wildfire victims are STILL getting burned

Last year, California wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced: “We are 100% committed to getting this neighborhood rebuilt again.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom echoed that, saying his officials were “responding to it at scale, with efficiency . . . addressing building codes, permitting issues, and moving forward to rebuilding.”

Great! It sounded like bureaucrats would get out of the way and let fire victims rebuild quickly.

Not when the government is in control.

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More than a year later, fewer than 30 of the 13,000 destroyed homes have been rebuilt.

Jim Cragg, who saved his house by putting sprinklers on his roof, blames California’s red tape.

Now he runs a volunteer group helping people navigate life after the fire.

He’s frustrated that it still takes months just to get permission to rebuild.

And those who do get permits and start........

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