The City Council on Tuesday adopted the updated 2025 California Building Code series, along with two uniform codes aimed at tightening property maintenance and enforcement standards.
On July 17, 2008, under the direction of Governor Schwarzenegger, the California Building Standards Commission adopted the nation's first statewide "green" building code. A press release from the ...
California Wildfires - Too Many Families and Homes are at Risk California's wildfires, devastating affluent Santa Monica, Malibu and north of Pasadena, highlight the need to expand the reach of ...
The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery ...