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Committee backs ordinance to adopt standardized post-disaster placards for building safety
Summary
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance to amend the San Francisco Building Code (add §102.21) to require standardized, enforceable post-disaster placards (multilingual, ATC-20 template) after a presentation by the Department of Building Inspection emergency coordinator; committee accepted an amendment clarifying required placard language and penalties.
The Rules Committee recommended that the Board adopt an ordinance amending the San Francisco Building Code by adding section 102.21 to require official post-disaster placards to be used following damage assessments. Vernon Takasuka, emergency program coordinator for the Department of Building Inspection, explained the proposal would formalize placards already in practice, standardize language across jurisdictions using ATC‑20 templates, and…
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