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Karen Bass: “We've had a number of wildfires in different cities, and if…”

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

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Mayor Karen Bass discusses recovery efforts one year after the L.A. fires

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

You know, listen, I will not be proud. 100% of Palisadians are back home. If you want a California comparison, I can give you a California comparison. We've had a number of wildfires in different cities, and if you judge our progress compared to other cities, we are months and months ahead. A lot of the problems that individuals are facing, like the ones that you interviewed, are insurance, it's financing, it's banking. What we have done is expedited the building process, waived a lot of the rules and regulations. (02:03–02:13)

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Asserts that Los Angeles is months ahead in rebuilding progress compared to other cities affected by wildfires.

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