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Bellflower adopts California fire code, authorizes subpoenas to L.A. County Fire Department
Summary
The Bellflower City Council voted to reaffirm use of the California Fire Code instead of the Los Angeles County code and approved measures to seek information from the county fire department, including legislative subpoenas, after months of disagreement over which code should apply locally.
The Bellflower City Council on Monday adopted an urgency ordinance reaffirming the city’s use of the California Fire Code instead of the Los Angeles County fire code and approved steps to seek information from the County Fire Department, including authorization for legislative subpoenas.
City Attorney staff framed the change as an implementation of the charter voters approved in November. “This is an action taken after the city charter was adopted,” the City Attorney said, adding the subpoenas would help “understand exactly why [the county fire department] is taking the position that the…
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