# 5 dead after balcony in Berkeley, California collapses.

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**Created:** [June 16, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-dead-after-balcony-in-berkeley-california-collapses/722669 "2015-06-16T13:13:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-dead-after-balcony-in-berkeley-california-collapses/722669/21 "2015-07-22T00:50:22Z")

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> Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt amendments to local and state housing codes that will require inspections of weather-exposed structures every three years, among other stipulations.
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> The council also voted to send a revised letter to the California Building Standards Commission urging it to require steel reinforcement in new balconies and approved a referral to the city manager to develop an ordinance to display weight capacity on balconies and to notify tenants of balcony materials, all after a balcony collapse in June killed six.

> **[City Council votes to adopt new building safety codes after June balcony...](https://www.dailycal.org/archives/city-council-votes-to-adopt-new-building-safety-codes-after-june-balcony-collapse/article_86417948-30e2-5437-a91e-77ddcfbdf7f8.html)**
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> Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt amendments to local and state housing codes that would require inspections of weather-exposed structures every three years, among other stipulations.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-dead-after-balcony-in-berkeley-california-collapses/722669/22 "2015-07-22T12:16:02Z")

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> [@Eva\_Luna](#):
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> There was a surge in porch inspections in Chicago after that - I know a number of people who got fined for construction that wasn’t up to code. Which may not have been such a bad thing, all in all.

Yeah, I lived in Wrigleyville at the time and there was some serious rebuilding back then, with a lot of buildings switching to metal and concrete construction instead of just new wood. I honestly think it will be decades before we see this happen again in Chicago.

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