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    14 days ago

    It directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to devise regulations that would override state and local permitting rules, enabling builders to “self-certify” compliance with “substantive health, safety, and building standards.”

    He literally does not have jurisdiction here. Imagine if the Biden Admin went into rural Texas and told them the feds were taking over their land use regulations lmao

    Gavin Newsom dismissed the notion of federal intervention in local rebuilding permits. He instead urged Trump to approve the state’s outstanding $33.9 billion disaster aid request, a sum he has traveled to Washington to advocate for, but which remains unapproved by the administration.