Even Acts of God Can't Fix Permitting Anymore

Natural disasters have a long history of creating shakeups that can strip the rust off of decaying institutions, reset outmoded infrastructure investments, and simplify complex property rights landscapes. It is a sign of just how tightly constrained construction is today that natural disasters can no longer break through the bureaucratic binds of environmental proceduralism. Three months after wildfires scorched Los Angeles, somewhere between zero and four rebuilding permits have been issued out...