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A case study illustrating that SB326 is a safety law that saves lives.

By Chris Sigler, B.S.C.E., C.D.T.

This article first appeared in the Communicator, Fall 2025 Edition. To view click here.

With an inception date of late 2019, and a formal title of California Civil Code 5551, Senate Bill 326, or more simply "SB326," much debate has swirled around this law. Thankfully, a great many of our associations throughout the state have engaged the appropriate engineering or architectural professionals to perform inspections of their Exterior Elevated Elements ("EEEs") as is required by the law.

The most common complaint that seems to arise about this law involves the additional expense that it creates for our associations, similar to many other laws that our state legislature has passed. There has also been discussion and controversy regarding conflicts of interest, unnecessary work being created by contractors performing inspections, and other criticisms and pushbacks. Despite the vario...