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   He's right.   
      
   Bill Maher ripped into California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) after he   
   announced an executive order cutting red tape to help streamline   
   rebuilding efforts following the expansive fires that destroyed   
   thousands of homes.   
      
   Newsom’s recent order suspends California Environmental Quality Act   
   (CEQA) regulations, making faster rebuilds of homes possible.   
      
   Maher joined TMZ’s Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere on Wednesday   
   and recalled his own run-ins with California’s extensive red tape. Maher   
   chronicles on his Real Time show that it took more than a year to get   
   approval to build a shed to install solar panels at his property.   
      
   The comedian said the state’s “uber progressive politics” certainly   
   didn’t cause the Palisades fires, but they have impeded response efforts.   
      
   “I always think there’s a middle of the road, actual practical solution   
   to everything and for this I would say, was California’s uber   
   progressive politics the cause of this fire? Of course not. Did it   
   impede them to some degree? Absolutely. That’s the margin of error that   
   I’m saying we can’t abide by anymore,” Maher said.   
      
   Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) have both come under   
   scrutiny following the fires. The latter was visiting Ghana when the   
   fires broke out, and she also slashed millions from the fire budget   
   months before the fires came.   
      
   Maher balked at Newsom and Bass acting like cutting “red tape” is a   
   “favor.” He also wondered why that red tape couldn’t be cut when   
   “we’re   
   not on fire.”   
      
   “Now, as far as the red tape, I see that they’re all — Newsom, Bass —   
   they’re all saying, we’re going to cut red tape as if they’re doing us a   
   favor. My question is, well, if you can do it now, why didn’t you always   
   do it? Obviously, it can be done. It’s not a favor to us to cut the red   
   tape,” he said. “Why do we live in this state, in this red tape   
   nightmare the other times of the year when we’re not on fire?”   
      
   https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/bill-maher-blasts-newsom-for-c   
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