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Mayor Karen Bass Discusses Los Angeles Fire Response and Recovery Efforts

Published February 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:01

And so this is sort of like a one stop shop for all of us. It's another one stop shop. This is our third one stop shop. The first one was The Disaster Recovery center, which over 7,000 people have visited. Last week we opened the One Stop rebuilding center, so 12 city departments in one area so people can begin the permitting process, doing their planning now, which I call phase three. (01:01–01:06)

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