I am happy: It is worse in San Francisco

This New York Times article allows me to compare the working conditions of San Francisco California, with my own environment in Israel. There it takes 523 days on average to receive a first tentative approval and then another 605 to receive the building permit (= היתר בנייה).

On average, in Israel, it takes 50% less time,  although there are famous cases where it took ten years and the desperate architect was sent to jail on suspicion of bribing the bureaucrats to advance the project.