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Bill Maher has a question for the governor of California Gavin Newsom and mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass … why does it take a huge catastrophe for the state to reduce bureaucracy?!?
Bill was on TMZ Live and we asked him about the excitement Newsom and Bass are generating over the response to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and what's needed to rebuild LA.
The “Real Time” host says Newsom and Bass absolutely deserve to be held accountable for what Maher believes are a series of mistakes that made the disaster worse… and he thinks so Now is absolutely the time to talk about their actions or failures to do so.
Bill lives in LA and is worried about what the rebuilding effort will look like… because all the hurdles people have to jump through to build in this city are really dragging things out.
BM knows this all too well…it took him a year to build a damn solar panel shed in his back yard.
Bass signed an executive order aimed at speeding up the process of obtaining necessary building permits… which will hopefully speed up rebuilding… but Bill says that's just proof that the red tape isn't necessary at all .
01/10/25
Bill scoffs at politicians who act like they're doing residents a favor by eliminating extra steps… and tells us it's time for California to end the “bureaucratic nightmare” once and for all finish.
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You can watch our full interview with Bill on “TMZ Live” on Thursday. The 23rd season of “Real Time with Bill Maher” premieres on Friday evening.