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Perspective

Oct. 21, 2016

Law responding to balcony collapse coming in January

The legislation, motivated in response to the 2015 balcony collapse in Berkeley, passed the Assembly and Senate with bipartisan unanimous votes. By Alka Ramchandani

Alka Ramchandani

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By Alka Ramchandani

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), after consultation with the California Contractors' State Licensing Board, will transmit to the board copies of any citations or other actions taken by Cal/OSHA against any of the over 290,000 contractors licensed by the board under Senate Bill 465, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last month. The new law becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2017.

Existing law allows...

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