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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power apologized to victims affected by the January 2025 Palisades Fire for delays in rebuilding due to bureaucratic issues. The fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures; however, only about 1,000 homes were under construction by August, with just 27 receiving certificates of occupancy. Dave Hanson, LADWP’s Interim General Manager, acknowledged the utility's shortcomings and announced plans to hire additional inspectors and implement a customer portal to streamline rebuilding processes.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-12,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In January 2025, the Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures in Los Angeles. Despite nine out of ten affected homeowners planning to rebuild, only about 1,000 homes were under construction by August. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), led by Interim General Manager Dave Hanson, apologized for the bureaucratic delays causing these setbacks. Hanson expressed personal regret for hindering residents' return home, citing issues like LADWP’s Palisades office moving three times and an insufficient number of inspectors to handle the influx of requests. To address this, LADWP hired five to six additional inspectors and launched a customer portal guiding homeowners through compliance checklists.
Written for “California Wildfire Rebuilding Issues” on 2026-10-13,
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has apologized to thousands of victims of the devastating January 2025 Palisades Fire for bureaucratic delays that have stopped them rebuilding.
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The fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, and while nine out of 10 owners say they plan to rebuild, by August, just 1,000 homes were under re-construction.
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homes → destroy → construction
Dave Hanson, LADWP’s Interim General Manager, said: “My deep apologies to everybody that’s had to deal with any sort of a delay on the account of DWP.”
“When I’m talking to a customer that I know just wants to go home and I’m the reason they can’t go home, I do take that personal,” Hanson told ABC 7 in an interview at LADWP’s Inspections and Permitting Support Center in the Marquez section of the Palisades.
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He attributed the delays to the Palisades home base moving three times and the volume of inspection requests ramping up quicker than the utility was staffed for.
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Hanson added that five to six additional inspectors have also been hired to speed up the process in the area.
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The LADWP launched a customer portal last week that guides contractors and property owners step-by-step through its compliance checklist, the news outlet reported.
“These people lost everything that they own, their memories, their keepsakes, that they just want to go home.
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That’s all that matters.
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I want to be part of the solution, and so do our 13,332 employees,” Hanson told ABC 7.
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Hanson → want → ABC
Palisades Fire victim Jack Nguyen is among those who are struggling with the utility’s permitting, inspection, and power restoration processes.
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who → struggle → processes
“We have been through hell literally, and you would think that if anything, the bureaucracy would be shortened and we would be able to ease through the process,” Nguyen told ABC 7.
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In July, 1,628 new-home permit applications were submitted, 1,088 permits were issued, and 905 homes had started construction, according to the online tracking site Pali Builds.
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But only 27 homes had received certificates of occupancy.
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The new analysis released in April this year showed just 34 homes have gone up in Pacific Palisades and Altadena in the 15 months since the devastating wildfires tore through — a shockingly sluggish pace that lags behind recoveries from other previous major California infernos.
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The January 2025 fires — which erupted within 24 hours of each other — killed 31 people and devoured nearly 16,000 acres, flattening the wealthy coastal enclave of Pacific Palisades and hammering middle-class Altadena in the foothills.
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which → erupt → foothills
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