The Los Angeles area continues to burn on this Sunday, and at least 16 people are now reported dead from the tragic wildfires. More dangerously high Santa Ana winds are predicted to return this week.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass, and other officials have faced intense criticism for their planning, overall mismanagement, and poor leadership. On Sunday, Newsom announced an executive order that he says will help the destroyed areas recover.
“I’m worried about issues of rebuilding as it relates to scarcity, as it relates to property taxes, meaning scarcity of resources, materials, personnel. I’m worried about time to getting these projects done,” Newsom said in an interview with NBC News’s Jacob Soboroff on “Meet the Press.”
Included in the executive order are actions halting environmental regulation in relation “to projects to repair,…
