HOA Homefront: ‘Elevated elements’ like balconies, stairs must be inspected under new law

A balcony collapsed in Berkeley in 2015, causing six deaths and injuring seven. Consequently, Senate Bill 721 passed in 2018 and took effect in 2019, creating Health and Safety Code 17973.
This law requires inspection of elevated balconies, stairways, walkways and other “exterior elevated elements” every six years. The new law exempts Davis-Stirling Act associations but applies to nonresidential common interest developments.
SB 326, introduced and passed this year, addresses Davis-St