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•To speed recovery, California must let markets work
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order vowing to protect devastated owners in affected ZIP codes from unsolicited offers for their burned-out properties.
Ruben Navarrette : It will offer no real protections and might even harm homeowners who are looking to cash out rather than go through years of rebuilding.
He says Newsom is offering phony protections that provide the patina of "doing something".
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