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8 October 2025InsuranceGlenn Tyrpa

Count LA wildfire rebuilds on two hands, approvals just over 500

Nine months after wildfires began to rip through densely developed regions north and north west of Los Angeles, reconstruction successes can be counted on two hands and even government building permits have only cleared a path for a small sliver of the recovery.

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