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Are you the landlord planning to re-model or give your existing building or facility a face-lift? Do you have new tenants moving in or existing tenants preparing for an interior remodel or expansion project soon? If either of these two circumstances apply to you, you need to know that not only does the area being …
Don’t let your permitted project become an ADA nightmare!Read More
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Imagine this … you open your mailbox and find a letter from the IRS stating that you owe $80,000 in back taxes and you’re under audit! How does your stomach feel? Sick? Like you just ate some bad sushi? Well, that’s how thousands of Arizona business owners are feeling lately. For all of us Californian …
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Recently I received a phone call from one of my clients in New Jersey asking me about the “new ISA” symbol. She informed me that a city inspector in Connecticut made her change out the restroom signs to provide this new “in-motion” ISA symbol, and another inspector in New Jersey made them change out their …
All of us who work in the commercial retail arena have been dealing with ADA lawsuits for decades. I have personally seen multiple access reform bills come and go while watching the increase in frivolous access suits ravage this country. It is time to hit this problem head on. One bill was introduced in the …
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A new “Gender Neutral” restroom law will be enforced in California for all public agencies as well as private businesses early next year. Governor Brown signed into law on September 29, 2016, AB 1732 the new “Single-user” restroom law to include all gender rights to use any restroom. As of right now, this law only …
New Gender Neutral restroom law for CA takes effect March 1, 2017.Read More
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The concerned call … Recently, I received a phone call from a friend of mine who is the COO for a mid-sized commercial property management company in Central California. He had just received a rather official-looking PDF that was marked “Certified by Legislative Counsel of California” and titled Assembly Bill No. 2093. The document, approved …
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I absolutely love this time of year as the weather begins to cool and change is in the air! And speaking of changes, did you know that California is introducing the new 2016 California Building Code in January? The 2016 California Building Code becomes enforceable January 1, 2017. While local City and County building departments …
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In my last article, I said the definition of “disability” in California is more broadly defined than the Federal ADA definition. The Federal definition states that it must “substantially limit” a major life activity whereas the California definition merely states that it need only to “limit” a major life activity. Well, there are new changes …
The definition of “disability” is about to change at the Federal levelRead More
