Post SB326 - The Balcony Inspection Provisions of the Bill - How Will It Impact the Existing Duty to Inspect?


History:


Te Governor signed SB326 August 30, 2019 and became law January 1, 2020. Tis new law will have a substantial impact on Common Interest Developments (CID’s) throughout the State of Cali- fornia. Te bill was introduced as a response to the Berkeley balcony collapse at Library Gardens Apartments on June 16, 2015, when thirteen students fell forty feet from a failed fifth-floor balcony, killing six and injuring seven.


Te cause of collapse was determined by the California Contractors State License Board to be “Dry rot along the top of the joists which suggests long-term moisture saturation…of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) in direct contact with the joists. Additional locations of water damage and dry rot were found on the wall OSB sheathing and the face of the doubled deck joists along the deck edge to wall interface by severely rotted structural support joists.” Te load of the 13 students were found to be “well within the design limits of the balcony structure”.


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