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Karen Bass: “The problem is with the insurance industry and the banking…”

Featuring: Karen Bass, Democratic | Mayor of Los Angeles | California

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Full Interview: Mayor Karen Bass Makes Her Case for Re-Election

Published | Video Starts at 12:47

So he came here in collaboration with my office, talked to every single person that they could reach that had permits and had approved approvals and discovered, which is what we tried to tell The President, the minute that order came out, The problem is with the insurance industry and the banking industry. And so I asked the President, after he issued the executive order in writing, I sent him a letter and said, Mr. President, only you have the power to convene these two industries and hold them accountable. (12:47–12:51)

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Asserts that the main problem [hindering reconstruction] is with the insurance and banking industries.

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