California Gov. Gavin Newsom marked six months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires on January 7 by holding a press event in Pasadena that started late — like much else related to the rebuilding effort.

Generally, cleanup work by federal government agencies — hazardous waste removal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the debris removal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — has been ahead of schedule.

Most of what state and local governments have been responsible for doing, however, has been late.

Newsom boasted that the debris removal process has been “the fastest … in modern history.” He did not mention that debris removal has…

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