Even the California Assembly sees the need for permit reform
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Even the California Assembly sees the need for permit reform
The problem, of course, is the state’s leaders rarely do much to fix the identified problems. So it’s with that admittedly jaded view that we turn to the California Assembly’s Select Committ ...