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May 14, 2019

California’s New Balcony Law: What You Should Know

By Shari Fykes

Impacts Most Multifamily Properties with More Than Three Units

I contributed an article on California’s new balcony inspection law for the May 2019 publication of Apartment Age, a publication of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles. Formerly known as California Senate Bill 721, the bill, passed in September 2018, will require the inspection of balconies and “exterior elevated elements (E3)” in most multifamily properties of more than three units. In this article, I answer frequently asked questions, including what types of properties will be impacted, what actions need to be taken, and what multifamily stakeholders should do.

To read the full article in Apartment Age, please download the PDF below.

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About the Authors

Shari Fykes

Client Manager

Shari Fykes has nearly 10 years of experience in the environmental service industry, with a specialization in client needs and compliance requirements of seismic solutions, retrofit pricing options, State and Federal laws, regulations, and administrative policies affecting landlords, property management firms and building owners. Ms. Fykes has been involved with Partner’s balcony inspection services since the inception of the program. She has assisted with over 300 seismic retrofits across the State of California. These transactions have allowed her to oversee numerous retrofit design and construction projects and structural solutions. Property management firms and building owners have come to rely on Ms. Fykes for seismic retrofit guidance and all structural retrofit-related concerns.

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