Pacific Palisades One Year Later

Gavin’s Red Tape neighborhood

Cartoon published 02/05/2026

California’s Pacific Palisades suffered devastating wildfires just over one year ago, and one would think they’d be well into the rebuilding stage. Instead, there has been no or slow progress due to insurance, financing, and red tape. Long-awaited reconstruction has been delayed, causing frustration amongst residents. Despite good weather, the landscape remains burned and the property owners are burnt out.

The progressive left leadership in California is in no hurry to expedite rebuilding the Pacific Palisades. The same incompetent left ignored the fire threat and didn’t even bother to store water so the fire hydrants could function. Such gross incompetence on the part of Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass should have seen them run out the state, but instead they’re still there pontificating and virtue signaling. Newsom even expects to become president despite his horrendous record. Apparently he thinks a slick hairdo is enough to fool voters.

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Bill Maher has frequently criticized California’s regulatory agencies that use excessive bureaucracy, red tape, and leftist overreach that interferes with home improvements and daily life. That red tape hinders development and especially targets housing and homeowners. The inspection requirements are ridiculously long and expensive. Maher was required to pay and wait a long time for three different inspections—simply to change a garage door.

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Higher taxes and over-regulation grow big government and increases the power of incompetent leftists such as Gavin Newsom.

It’s time for Californians to cut the red tape and oust the ‘hairdo.’

— The GrrrTeam

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