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The following is a pre-recorded program.

If you have ever built in Southern California or have been involved in any way in construction,

this may very well be the hardest place, particularly Los Angeles, well, particularly

Calabasas or along the coast, the most difficult place to build housing in the country.

Because the permits, the zoning, it's insane.

For example, we have a coastal commission, which was established by law, and the coastal commission has unbelievable power.

And it goes in five miles from the coast.

The Coastal Commission five miles in has unbridled power to say, no, you're not building

or no, we're not going to let you go that far.

Or no, that we want a further setback on the street.

And it can take years.'re going through the zoning process the building and safety on many cases the environmental laws have to be looked at the

wildlife are you getting involved and interfering with that natural habitat?

It just goes on and on and they have enormous power.

Well, and then you have the city has enormous power. And you have the county has enormous power.

It can take, if you're a developer, it can take years.

Well, in light of the fires and of of course, the rebuilding has to take place. And very quickly, the governor, our governor, Newsom suspended environmental rules to ease the post-fire rebuilding. Just had to happen. Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, said, we're going to get through this process

in 30 days. Usually you can't get the first phone call in 30 days when applying for any kind of

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