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Bill Maher Reacts To California Cutting Red Tape After L.A. Wildfires | TMZ TV
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1/17/2025
Bill Maher has a question for California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ... why does it take a massive disaster for the state to cut red tape?!?
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And now, why the hell was there red tape if you can just get rid of the red tape?
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Starring Bill Maher!
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Why do we live in this state, in this red tape nightmare, the other times of the year
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when we're not on fire?
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Bill Maher on TMZ Live, he was talking about the wildfires and rebuilding.
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Fortunately, Bill's home is okay, so he doesn't have to rebuild.
00:24
But he has dealt with the building process in LA.
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He was trying to build a solar panel and construct a shed in his backyard.
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Took him way over a year to get the permits to build a shed in his own property.
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You may not cry for Bill, but what about the people trying to rebuild the homes they just
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lost?
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They're stupid rules, and there's like five different departments you have to go through
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to build anything.
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It takes two years to get permits, a year and a half to build.
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But now the governor and mayor are saying they're going to make it easier for the fire
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victims.
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Newsom, Bass, they're all saying, we're going to cut red tape.
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As if they're doing us a favor.
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My question is, well, if you can do it now, why don't you always do it?
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It's a good point.
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And even without the red tape, how much faster will it be?
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We are going to have, what, 20,000 new homes being built at once.
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It's going to be slower than ever before.
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It's going to be slow to the max.
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And speaking of max.
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Can I just say, Bill Maher has a great special on max.
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How great is his suit on this special?
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Please, is anyone else seeing this?
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It's a good looking suit.
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Thanks, Bill, and good luck on Friday's premiere of Real Time.
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I think we should demand better.
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