up to code

“City and county employees are still hard at work in their office spaces but they’re tired, old, sometimes decrepit and oftentimes no longer up to code in terms of earthquake” safety requirements.

“As an affiliate of Soul Housing, whose entire purpose and mission is to provide supportive housing and care to homeless individuals, the owner is trying to help these people get out of this building, which has been deemed not up to code, and to find new housing and the owner is helping them do that by paying them more money than they’re entitled to,” said Alexander Safyan, an attorney for the owner.

After the Freehab’s shutdown, A&E said, it received a notice from the Teen Project demanding that A&E bring the Freehab up to code.

“If work is being done without a permit, it’s not being inspected and we don’t know if it’s up to code,” McKnight said.

Moore said the bridge was “fully up to code” and that crew members on the Dali issued an emergency distress call shortly before the crash.