https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/04/28/karen-bass-hired-a-consulting-firm-to-rebuild-palisades-they-cant-say-what-theyve-done-for-10-million-n2187893
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After that answer, another attendee said, "I'm angry, really angry, because I spent 25 minutes listening to you speak, and I don't know what you said." He demanded to know what Hagerty is being paid and what their deliverables are...
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The one family that's actually started rebuilding still paid the full $6,000 in permit fees they'd paid when they built their home less than five years ago.
And they're lucky. As of April 5, less than a dozen permits to rebuild had been issued in the Palisades...
As of April 5, just 10 permits to rebuild had been issued in the Palisades.
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Bass' hand-picked recovery consulting firm (which is also working in Lahaina) can't articulate what they're doing for $10 million in taxpayer dollars..."
