LA mayor rebukes rebuilding bid as cleanup lags after warehouse fire
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One month after a massive LA warehouse fire, the owners filed permits to repair and rebuild to pre-fire conditions, but Mayor Karen Bass criticized the move as a 'slap in the face' to residents while cleanup remains incomplete; the city has not approved the permits, and public health officials are fining Lineage Logistics up to $2,000 a day for unsanitary conditions, with six citations totaling $4,500 as odors and pest problems persist.
- ‘Slap in the face’: LA mayor decries bid to rebuild burnt-out warehouse before cleanup is done theguardian.com
- A Fire Burned Next Door. Now They Live With the Stench of Rotting Meat. The New York Times
- Lineage files permit to rebuild cold storage facility, angering Boyle Heights residents, city leaders ABC7 Los Angeles
- 'Outrageous.’ Effort to rebuild Boyle Heights warehouse fire underway usatoday.com
- Boyle Heights warehouse seeks rebuild permit as food rots, flies swarm KTLA
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