Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In California, a home can be fully built, inspected, and approved, then sit empty for months waiting on utility connections. That delay comes after the work is done and the costs are already locked in. In this episode, we speak with Gary Mkrtichyan of Opus Builders and Alexis Rivas of Cover about how utility delays are changing building decisions and shaping what housing actually gets delivered in California.

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