Exec. order seeks to speed up rebuilding of homes destroyed by Los Angeles wildfires

order seeks to speed up rebuilding of homes destroyed by Los Angeles wildfiresIt directs FEMA and the SBA to find ways to issue regulations that would preempt state and local rules for permits. By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRAAssociated PressPhoto by Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images, via AP [enlarge] Workers clear debris from a Pacific Palisades home last March. The AP found that fewer than a dozen homes had been rebuilt in Los Angeles County as of Jan. 7, one year after the fires began. LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has signed an executive order to “cut through bureaucratic red tape” and speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the January 2025 Los Angeles area wildfires. login or purchase a To read this story in fullor purchase a subscription.