Gavin Newsom: “There's over 1,000 homes that are under construction.”

“And by the way, just forgive me. We are fully focused on fast tracking the permit process in Southern California. As of last week, there were 2,981 permits that were out. There's over 1,000 homes that are under construction. There's a dozen plus that have been reoccupied in the region. A little over a year after this tragedy, we had the fastest debris removal in American history in partnership with the federal government.” (25:18–25:22)

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