The Council of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles tries to accelerate the reconstruction at home in Altadena after the county did not issue a single license in the three months which have since had Eaton Fire devastated the city.
Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to create a “unified authorization authority”, which, according to them, would reduce the Bureaucracy of the county to accelerate the approval process.
“I am not satisfied with the pace,” said supervisor Kathryn Barger, whose district includes Altadena, in a press release. “No reconstruction permit has been issued to Altadena, and it is unacceptable. … We don’t have time to lose.”
Eaton’s fire has destroyed more than 9,000 structures, most of which are unified in Altadena, an area not formed in society where the county government has the last word on construction permits.
The county created a “One Stop” license center in March to accelerate the approval process, but the owners say that the experience has been disjointed, various county agencies required to provide an approval seal. The two -week turnaround that many have promised were not materialized.
“These delays have a significant impact on residents who are already faced with the trauma of displacement and the loss of ownership,” said the motion of supervisors establishing the new license authority.
The supervisors have said that the authority, which will be created with the departments of public works, regional planning, fires and public health, will have the last binding discourse of issues of authorization. All departments will also be invited to allocate “higher level bonds” to the one -stop -up center to speed up the process.
“Helping our communities to quickly and effectively recover devastating fires of this year is the highest priority of the County of Los Angeles,” said the supervisor Lindsey Horvath, whose district includes Pacific Palisades, in a statement. “We must make sure that the reconstruction process is not only rapid and efficient, but also equitable and accessible for each resident.”
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