Oakland Fire: Chatter about criminal prosecution of landlord.

[Chris Mason]

Linky link. For those unaware, we had a tragedy in Oakland this past weekend. Fire. About two dozen people lived in the building. Dozens are dead, in what reads like something out of the developing world: very large party, fire starts, lights go out, few exits or exit signs, lots of mourning, sadness, anger, and finger-pointing.

Relevant to us...

I'm not going to post the entire article, but it has a decent summary of what it takes for a landlord to expose themselves to criminal prosecution. 

Follow the fire code!

[John Thedford]

Don't just follow the code to shield from liability. Follow the code because it is the right thing to do. Everyone is better off.