PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The nation's Small Business Administrator, Kelly Loeffler, was in the Pacific Palisades on Monday, meeting with local business owners impacted by January's wildfires.

"People are hurting," said reality star Spencer Pratt. He was one of several neighbors who met with President Donald Trump's small business administrator on Monday.

He and others said it feels like red tape is still hampering their recovery from January's Palisades Fire.

"What we've heard are a lot of empty promises -- that permitting fees would be waived, that permitting would be waived. None of that's happened," Loeffler said.

Local officials have disputed Loeffler's claim, but many Palisades neighbors say it's true, including Pratt.

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