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L.A. City Council mulls self-certification to speed up rebuilding after wildfires.

Bob Greene : It takes a disaster to get California officials to approve modest reforms to regulatory system.

He says it's not as if the housing crisis only emerged after the wildfires.

Greene: State and Los Angeles officials have struggled with housing problem for years now.

It needs to set its sights on permanent, widespread relief for all Californians . It needs to do so now rather than wait for another disaster. Steven Greenhut is Western region director for the R Street Institute . Write to him at [email protected]. READ MORE:.