LA recovery committee approves amended fee‑waiver ordinance for January 2025 wildfire rebuilds
June 26, 2026 | Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, California
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Councilwoman Tracy Park, chair of the ad hoc committee for LA recovery, moved and the committee approved an amended ordinance to waive permit fees for rebuilding work on properties damaged or destroyed in the January 2025 wildfires.
"This ordinance has been a long time coming," Park said, thanking community advocates and colleagues for shaping the ordinance and saying the measure will provide "relief and certainty" to residents rebuilding after the fires. Park also said she had met with Lee Zeldin, identified in the record as "EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin," to press for federal support for recovery efforts.
The clerk described item two as a city attorney report and related ordinances (Exhibits A and B) to add Los Angeles Municipal Code section 98.0419.1, which would permit the city to waive fees imposed in connection with permits to repair or rebuild buildings or structures damaged or destroyed by the January 2025 wildfires. The item was noted in the record as also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee.
Park moved to adopt Exhibit B (the draft fee waiver ordinance) as amended and the committee approved the motion. The roll call recorded Park, Councilmember Nazarian and Councilmember McCosker voting in favor; the item passed by a 3–0 vote.
The ordinance, as described in the record, is intended to reduce costs and speed permitting for homeowners and other property owners affected by the January fires. The committee did not record additional amendments beyond the clerk's reading that replaced subsection B in Exhibit B with subsection B from Exhibit A.
The item will proceed to Budget and Finance and is expected to be scheduled for consideration by the full City Council, per remarks on the record. The committee took no further substantive action on the item beyond approval of the amended draft.
Votes at the committee meeting: Councilwoman Tracy Park — yes; Councilmember Nazarian — aye; Councilmember McCosker — yes. Councilmembers Rodriguez and Soto Martinez were not present.
"This ordinance has been a long time coming," Park said, thanking community advocates and colleagues for shaping the ordinance and saying the measure will provide "relief and certainty" to residents rebuilding after the fires. Park also said she had met with Lee Zeldin, identified in the record as "EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin," to press for federal support for recovery efforts.
The clerk described item two as a city attorney report and related ordinances (Exhibits A and B) to add Los Angeles Municipal Code section 98.0419.1, which would permit the city to waive fees imposed in connection with permits to repair or rebuild buildings or structures damaged or destroyed by the January 2025 wildfires. The item was noted in the record as also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee.
Park moved to adopt Exhibit B (the draft fee waiver ordinance) as amended and the committee approved the motion. The roll call recorded Park, Councilmember Nazarian and Councilmember McCosker voting in favor; the item passed by a 3–0 vote.
The ordinance, as described in the record, is intended to reduce costs and speed permitting for homeowners and other property owners affected by the January fires. The committee did not record additional amendments beyond the clerk's reading that replaced subsection B in Exhibit B with subsection B from Exhibit A.
The item will proceed to Budget and Finance and is expected to be scheduled for consideration by the full City Council, per remarks on the record. The committee took no further substantive action on the item beyond approval of the amended draft.
Votes at the committee meeting: Councilwoman Tracy Park — yes; Councilmember Nazarian — aye; Councilmember McCosker — yes. Councilmembers Rodriguez and Soto Martinez were not present.
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