A Superior Court judge sides with THC, among others, that the Bureau of Building Inspection must address housing code violations more quickly.
Tag: BBI
1993
City Giving Landlords Easy Ride
Critics of the Bureau of Building Inspection continue to argue its enforcement process, or lack thereof, gives landlords too much time and too few penalties when cited for building improvements.
1993
Hispanic Tenants File Lawsuit to Stop City Discrimination
Hispanic families in San Francisco’s Mission district are supported by Tenderloin Housing Clinic and St. Peter’s Housing Committee in a lawsuit against the Bureau of Building Inspection.
1994
Protest by Mission District Tenants
Mission District tenants accuse the city of neglecting their neighborhood and protecting slumlords.
1994
Prop G Wages Assault on the Bureau of Building Inspection Empire
Warren Hinkle exposes the continued failure of the Bureau of Building Inspection (BBI) to protect low-income residents, the BBI’s unfair harassment of homeowners, and the impending disbandment of the BBI with the passage of Prop G.
1994
Letter to the Editor Re: Prop. G
In 1994, Randy Shaw writes to the San Francisco Examiner Editor to clarify THC’s support of Prop G not being the result of personal bias against building inspectors, but of outrage at the BBI’s failure to uphold livable housing conditions for low-income residents.
1995
Larry Litchfield Leaves the BBI
A party is held to celebrate Larry Litchfield leaving the BBI as Chief Building Superintendent.
1995
Inspecting the Inspectors: New Building Commission Beings Work
The Building Inspection Commission, created in 1995 by the passage of Proposition G, begins its work to properly tackle building code enforcement.
1995
City Asked To Go After Mission St. Hotel For Owed Fines
The BBI asks The City to go after Mission Street Hotel owner that has repetitively violated codes and owes fines.
1998
Town Hall Meeting Set On Residential Hotels
In an attempt to make SF’s Residential hotels safer, a measure that would require over 300 hotels to install automatic sprinklers in their buildings is brought to SF’s Supervisors.