Guest Column: City of Malibu Woolsey Fire Rebuilding—'Why Is it Taking So Long?'

Karen Farrer is the current mayor of Malibu. One year after the Woolsey Fire, the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history, which burned nearly 100,000 acres and destroyed 473 homes in Malibu and 1,500 total, residents understandably want to know: Why it is taking so long to rebuild? One year after the fire, Nov. 12, 2019, 35 building ...