Bomb. There is no count of how many potentially suspect structures exist in the city. How many such structures are out there . How many occupants are out there . This type of tragedy may occur tomorrow, in a month. Berkeley city councilman also thinks the current proposals fall short. Its become clear that we do need more regulations to ensure balcony safety. There are more steps we can take as a community. The current ordinances would require mandatory ventilation and inspections every five years. Beyond that eric wants notice to residents that dont use steel in their structures but the family of one collapse victim wants to go further. Attorneys wrote, quote if the city wants to prevent another tragedy, these required inspections should be done at minimum, every year. Whatever the final forum if approved tonight it would go into affect immediately, requiring initial inspections within six months. In berkeley abc7 news. A bill that would have let regulators keep an eye on Construction
Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc news. It is unanimous. Berkeley city Council Passed an urgency ordinance aimed at improving the safety of balconies in the city after last months deadly collapse. Good evening. Im ama daetz. Dan ashley is off. The collapse at an apartment complex killed six students and severely injured seven nearly a month ago. Abc7 News Reporter katie is live at Berkeley City Hall with the late breaking developments. Katie . Ama an attorney representing ashley donahos family says they called for balcony inspections every year. You can see the line of people posed to speak. A series of proposals to improve the safety of balconies from the frequency of inspections and the type of materials used to balcony design. The Council Approved the urgency ordinance and it goes into affect immediately. Local building amendments have to be approved by the state. Council decided to call for inspections every three years. The donaho attorney called for every year. Th
Together, were building a better california. Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc news. It is unanimous. Berkeley city Council Passed an urgency ordinance aimed at improving the safety of balconies in the city after last months deadly collapse. Good evening. Im ama daetz. Dan ashley is off. The collapse at an apartment complex killed six students and severely injured seven nearly a month ago. Abc7 News Reporter katie is live at Berkeley City Hall with the late breaking developments. Katie . Ama an attorney representing ashley donahos family says they called for balcony inspections every year. You can see the line of people posed to speak. A series of proposals to improve the safety of balconies from the frequency of inspections and the type of materials used to balcony design. The Council Approved the urgency ordinance and it goes into affect immediately. Local building amendments have to be approved by the state. Council decided to call for inspections every three years.
Barrier. Two lanes are now open. You can see where the stein is supposed to be. Crews removed it before 5 30 but the scene is dangerous for drivers. Southbound 101 lanes are open. And its now expected to reopen at 8 00 tonight. You can see traffic is slow and backed up in that area. Good evening thanks for joining us. Im matt keller. Im ama daetz the Berkeley City Council is poised to pass strict new guidelines tonight for the construction and inspection of apartment balconies. This is followed the collapse that killed six students. Some think the guidelines dont go far enough. That meeting set to begin here in about an hour, theyre looking at a series of ordinances urgency ordinances theyre calling them, to beef up construction here in the city. Some think that more needs to be done incding the family of a young victim from the north bay. Theyre a ticking time bomb. There is no count of how many potentially suspect structures exist in the city. How many such structures are out there .
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