Contractors State License Board

Gov. Jerry Brown signed California SB 721 and SB 1465 this week, which were propelled by the 2015 balcony collapse in Berkeley that killed six people and injured seven.

A memorial plaque honoring the victims who died in a balcony collapse in 2015 was unveiled Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.

The California Building Standards Commission, or CBSC, approved emergency regulations to accelerate the adoption of higher construction standards Jan. 27, in response to the tragic 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse.

The apartment complex at 2020 Kittredge St., where a balcony collapse killed six people and injured seven in June 2015, has changed its name from Library Gardens to K Street Flats and is undergoing renovations, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

Over a year after the Downtown Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six people and injured seven, the California Contractors State License Board, or CSLB, filed a formal accusation Tuesday to revoke or suspend the license of Segue Construction Inc., the company responsible for the balcony’s construction.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into legislation Thursday intended to increase transparency between licensed contractors and the Contractors State License Board, or CSLB, in light of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse.

Following closely behind the anniversary of the balcony collapse last June, a Senate bill advanced past the state Assembly on Tuesday, mandating that licensed contractors report any convictions of felonies or other crimes to the Contractors’ State License Board.

Nearly a year after the Berkeley balcony collapse, a state senate committee hosted a hearing Monday to examine the state’s agencies' responses to the tragedy.