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.

This article was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage ...

Building codes have existed for thousands of years. In the Code of Hammurabi, written between 1755 B.C. and 1750 B.C., item 229 states that “if a builder builds a house for someone and does not ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order allowing homeowners rebuilding from January's devastating wildfires to use less stringent building standards, drawing criticism from environmental advocates ...

Tornadic uplift is what caused many city homes to lose their roofs in the May 16 tornado. This article first appeared in the Solutions newsletter. Click here to learn more and sign up. Few videos of ...