The latest order by Newsom also mobilizes debris removal and cleanup with an eye toward recovery, and permits federal hazmat crews to start cleaning up properties as a key step in getting people back to their properties safely and to mitigate the risk of mudslides and flooding by hastening efforts to remove debris.

New orders instruct regulators not to provide “legally erroneous guidance” for construction projects in Pacific Palisades.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) issued an executive order prohibiting one of California’s most powerful bureaucracies from imposing regulations on Los Angeles residents working to rebuild their city from massive fire damage.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D, has announced an initiative called LA Rises, designed to use private funds to rebuild the city after devastating fires.