In a display of bureaucratic athleticism rarely seen outside the confines of molasses on a cold day, Los Angeles has heroically approved building permits for four homes out of the 7,000 destroyed in recent wildfires, sources have confirmed.
This stunning pace sets a new record for slow, even by governmental standards, ensuring that rebuilding efforts will stretch well into the 24th century.
City officials celebrated this milestone with a ceremonial stamping of the fourth permit, a process that included a marching band, two ribbon cuttings, and a PowerPoint presentation on the history of bureaucratic red tape. “We’re on a roll,” boasted one city planner, “at this rate, we just might see the completion of all permits by 2313!”
Criticisms have been raised about the efficiency of this process, with one displaced homeowner noting, “At this pace, my great-great-great-grandchildren will finally have a place to call home, right here where my ashes will be scattered.”
As of press time, the Los Angeles City Council was reportedly considering a proposal to streamline the process by adding an additional rubber stamp to their arsenal.
It’s laughable only because I don’t live there and have to put up with this manure. It’s very sad when elected officials forget that they’re there to serve the people especially in times of emergencies.
It seems to me that the most expedient approach would be that: every person who had a home destroyed by whatever disaster would automatically receive “paperless” permission to rebuild their home as soon as they are allowed to return to their property, providing of course, that ALL utility hookups are safe to re-hook up to.
Obviously they are over-burdened with “officials” who are brain-dead and have no idea of what needs to be done. Looks like DEI in all its glory!
FOUR (4) permits ARE YOU SERIOUS!!
I certainly hope everyone of the people who lost their homes and have been treated like second class citizens remember this when the DEMOCRATS start asking YOU for campaign contributions and your vote! This is nothing short of shoddy INCOMPETENCE. NEWSOME, LA MAYOR AND LA PLANNING DEPT. ARE RESPONSIBLEFOR THIS.