Federal Preemption of Local Laws: Implications of the Small Business Administration’s Interim Final Rule on Disaster Relief

Andrew Pyles discusses the new Small Business Administrationโ€™s Interim final rule preempting local laws in California that govern rebuilding after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. It analyzes whether, under the Supremacy Clause and the framework articulated in Arizona v. United States, federal agencies are permitted to preempt local land-use laws in the absence of a congressional directive.

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