ACCESS Combined 45-Day Public Comment Period

Division of the State Architect - Access Compliance

DSA-AC 01/24 — Amend the 2025 edition of the California Building Code, Part 2, Title 24 and the California Existing Building Code, Part 10, Title 24

• Notice of Proposed Action — DSA-AC 01/24
• Initial Statement of Reasons — DSA-AC 01/24
• Initial Express Terms — DSA-AC 01/24
• Commission Action Matrix — DSA-AC 01/24
• Attachment A — DSA-AC 01/24

Posted Public Comments:

* non-viewable via CBSC's website

• E. Lozano - California Council of the Blind - DSA-AC 01/24 - Section 11B-809.1.2
• K. Muller - Disability Rights California - DSA-AC 01/24 - Parts 2 and 10 *

Department of Housing and Community Development

HCD 1-AC 01/24 — Amend the 2025 edition of the California Building Code, Part 2, Title 24

• Notice of Proposed Action — HCD 1-AC 01/24
• Initial Statement of Reasons — HCD 1-AC 01/24
• Initial Express Terms — HCD 1-AC 01/24
• Commission Action Matrix — HCD 1-AC 01/24

Posted Public Comments:

* non-viewable via CBSC's website

• S. Sampson - HCD 1-AC 01/24 - Part 2 Chapter 11A
• K. Muller - Disability Rights California - HCD 1-AC 01/24 - Part 2 Chapter 11A

CBSC meetings operate under the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Act) set forth in Government Code Section 11120-11133.

SB 143 authorizes state bodies to conduct public meetings through virtual teleconferences for the rest of 2023.  Starting in January 2024, SB 544 will authorize some meetings to be virtual, and others to be hybrid, depending on the composition of the state body and the purpose of the meeting.

CBSC conducts public Code Advisory Committee meetings under the authority of Health and Safety Code Section 18929.1 and Section 1-409 of the California Administrative Code, Part 1 of Title 24, California Code of Regulations. Materials reviewed during meetings are available for public review and comment on the CBSC website. Members of the public may also contact CBSC to request a copy of the materials. 

Requests for accommodations for individuals with disabilities should be made to CBSC’s office no later than ten (10) days prior to the day of the meeting.  Submit those requests to CBSC at cbsc@dgs.ca.gov or (916) 263-0916.

Meetings are subject to cancellation, and agenda items are subject to being taken out of order, removal, continuance, or referral. Items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier day to facilitate CBSC business. Technical difficulties with equipment experienced prior to or during the meeting preventing or inhibiting accessibility accommodation is not cause for not holding or for terminating the scheduled meeting.

Members of the public can offer verbal comments by logging into the Zoom meeting or by calling the Zoom teleconference number.

Closed captioning is available via Zoom's automated live transcriptions. To view closed captions in Zoom, click on the "CC Live Transcript" button.

ZOOM MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
To avoid feedback or other technical issues, please join the meeting through one device only.

If you wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item, listen for the chair to ask for any comments from the public. At this time, virtually raise your hand using the “raise hand” icon in Zoom. You will be recognized by the meeting’s facilitator in the order your hand was raised. At that time, please unmute yourself. When you are done speaking, mute yourself and lower your hand. Note: Please ensure that you have a working microphone on or attached to your device prior to raising your hand to make a comment.

The chair will continue through the queue until there are no comments remaining. The chair will proceed to callers on the Zoom teleconference line, if any, and then to the next agenda item.

Please speak slowly and clearly so your comments can be transcribed.

ZOOM TELECONFERENCE INSTRUCTIONS
Join Zoom Meeting by Teleconference at#: 888-557-8511    Access Code: 3114051 

Please mute your phone until prompted by the chair.

If you wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item, listen for the chair to ask for any comments from the public on the phone. At this time, take yourself off mute, announce your name and who you are representing before making your comments. Please mute yourself when done commenting.

The chair will continue through the call queue until there are no questions remaining. The committee will proceed to the next agenda item.

For best results, call from a landline using the telephone handset or a cell phone with a headset. This enhances the ability to clearly hear your comments.

Please speak slowly and clearly so your comments can be transcribed.

Please call CBSC at (916) 263-0916 if you experience technical difficulties.

The meeting will be livestreamed on the CBSC YouTube channel.

The YouTube livestream will have an active link approximately five minutes prior to the meeting start time. Please be aware the livestream has an approximate 45 second delay and there is no method for offering verbal or written public comment during the meeting.

Please call CBSC at (916) 263-0916 if you experience technical difficulties.