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City staff briefs council on state'level AB306/AB130 building-code freeze and proposed local urgency ordinance
Summary
Staff warned the council Aug. 11 that a provision folded into the state budget will freeze many residential building-code changes from Oct. 1, 2025 through June 1, 2031 and limit local governments'ability to adopt stricter standards; staff plans an urgency ordinance to preserve a local sprinkler requirement for new or resided mobile homes.
City staff alerted the council Aug. 11 to a state action folding AB306 into the budget bill (AB130) that will effectively freeze major residential building-code changes statewide from Oct. 1, 2025 through June 1, 2031.
The staff presentation explained the freeze will bar the California Building Standards Commission from adopting…
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