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SBA Issues Guidance Allowing California Wildfire Survivors to Bypass Permit Delays

The SBA's new rules let wildfire survivors self-certify permits to access $3.2 billion in disaster loans, overcoming backlogs that stalled rebuilding for over a year.

  • Trump signed an executive order to help wildfire survivors in Los Angeles County bypass permitting delays and access $3.2 billion in disaster relief funds from the Small Business Administration .
  • The SBA's new guidance allows California wildfire survivors to bypass local permitting delays, providing immediate access to $3.2 billion in disaster relief funds.
  • SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler described California's local permitting backlog as a 'nightmare,' emphasizing the need for reconstruction to begin promptly.
  • More than 16,200 buildings were destroyed in the recent wildfires, with construction on fewer than 600 homes and businesses started so far, leaving over 96% untouched.
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Brunswicktimes Gazette broke the news in Lawrenceville, United States on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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