Civil Grand Jury Report: Fire Safety Inspections Fall Short

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A fire burns in a building at Mission and 22nd streets in 2015. Photo courtesy of Mission Local

By Laura Wenus, Mission Local

San Francisco’s Civil Grand Jury, a volunteer citizen oversight body, issued a report this month that found that the Department of Building Inspections and Fire Department sometimes take too long to correct fire safety code violations.

According to the Civil Grand Jury —  19 volunteers who serve for a year before a new group is selected — buildings go uninspected for longer than the city code requires and fire hazards persist because of inefficiencies in the two departments’ protocols. 

Read the complete story at Mission Local. 

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