By Ted Goldberg, KQED News Fix
A series of fatal fires in San Francisco prompted a Board of Supervisors committee hearing, aimed at finding ways to install sprinklers in more of the city’s older apartment buildings.
Both property owners and city officials acknowledge retrofitting older structures with sprinklers is likely to be difficult and costly, setting up a political battle over housing at a moment when the city is in the midst of a real estate crunch and increasingly focused on fire safety.
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