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San Rafael Council adopts 2025 building-code updates after AB 130 clarification
Summary
The City Council on a 5-0 vote adopted an ordinance updating San Rafael's building and residential codes to the 2025 California editions, responding to state Assembly Bill 130 and including a local cost-effectiveness analysis; some later-proposed 2029 standards were removed after state feedback.
The San Rafael City Council voted 5-0 to adopt an ordinance updating Title 12 of the municipal code to adopt the 2025 editions of the California building, residential, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, existing building, green building standards and energy codes, along with related reference standards and local amendments. The adoption followed staff revisions prompted by a recent state law.
City staff said the changes were prompted by Assembly Bill 130 this summer, which limits local changes to the residential code after Sept. 30 unless specific exemptions apply. Greg Minor, a City of San Rafael Community and Economic Development Department staff member, told the council, "The catalyst for this update to the building code was the passage of state Assembly Bill 130 this…
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