Wednesday, May 14


Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order convening a debris removal task force, expediting building permit processes and opening temporary housing, according to a 10:33 p.m. press release from the mayor’s office. Discretionary city processes will be waived and coastal development permits will not be required for those rebuilding similar structures to those destroyed by the fires, according to the press release.

Permits will not be required for demolishing wildfire-impacted property, according to the release.

[Related: Karen Bass faces scrutiny for wildfire response, LAFD budget cuts]

Over 5,000 structures have been impacted and 80,000 people evacuated because of fires across LA, according to the press release. As of 11:05 p.m. Monday, there are no evacuation warnings or orders for Westwood or the UCLA campus.

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