San Diego and San Francisco city officials are reportedly exploring similar reforms. California passed AB 835 last year, a law that directs the State Fire Marshal to develop standards for single-stair ...

California’s largest cities are preparing to change building codes to permit single-stairwell multifamily buildings up to six stories tall, a reform that will allow apartment developments with ...

A man has been jailed for eight years after deliberately starting a fire in the stairwell of a residential tower block.