Los Angeles County is formalizing its long-term wildfire recovery apparatus with a new agency tasked with cutting through the bureaucracy that often slows down rebuilding after major disasters. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to establish the Los Angeles County Disaster Recovery Rebuild Authority, a centralized entity that will coordinate rebuilding efforts in unincorporated communities impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The authority’s creation was first proposed in February — more than a year after the fires took place — by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath, both […]
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