President Trump’sexecutive order to fast-track the rebuilding of Los Angelesafter the wildfires has resulted in almost 2,000 permits approved since it was signed in January, The Post can exclusively reveal.

Trump’s order let state and local rules be preempted when it came to obtaining permits and allowed builders to “self-certify” that they have complied with “substantive health, safety and building standards.”

The result of the administration’s take over was the approval of thousands of permits for people to begin the rebuilding process of homes and businesses ravaged by the January 2025 Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the most destructive blazes in LA history.

“President Trump’s January Executive Order was a bold move to break through the non-federal logjams that had held up lives, homes, and entire neighborhoods from being rebuilt. Since that EO, we’ve helped drive nearly 2,000 permit approvals,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told The Post.

Los Angeles County has issued 971 permits since executive order was signed – which is a 72% increase – and Los Angeles City has issued 961 permits since then – a 58% increase, the EPA revealed to The Post.

Trumptasked EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin with carrying out the orderas it was the Environmental Protection Agency thatcleaned up all the hazardous materialsleft in the wake of the deadly blaze.

“Lee is so competent,” Trump told The Post at the time.

Wildfiresdestroyed an estimated16,000 structures, but Los Angeles city and county officials had only issued 2,600 permits as of when Trump signed the order in January. At that time, which was one year after the disaster, fewer than a dozen homes had been rebuilt, the Associated Press found.

The president,while signing the order in the Oval Office, expressed dismay at the slow pace of rebuilding and told The Post he wanted to “just give the people their permits they want to build.”

In response, Democrats, including LA Mayor Karen Bass, called the president’s order a “political stunt.”

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