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Board of Supervisors selects members of Technical Advisory Council
On Monday July 13 2026 the Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met to select applicants for several seats on the recently established Fire Code Technical Advisory Council (TAC). see details
Technical Advisory Council ordinance approved by Board of Supervisors Rules Committee
On April 21, 2026 the SF Board of Supervisors approved the ordinance to establish a Fire Code Technical Advisory Council, as proposed by Supervisors Stephen Sherrill and Danny Sauter. see details
NBC Bay Area runs story about mandate
On March 3 NBC Bay Area ran a story about the retrofit mandate and resistance to it. Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken interviewed affected condo owners, as well as the retired SFFD Fire Marshall who crafted the retrofit ordinance.
GrowSF launches online letter writing tool
Organization GrowSF has posted an online tool to send letters to Supervisors and the Mayor. It’s part of an article about the mandate. It says: “The role of safety regulations are not to eliminate risk, but to reduce it where the benefits outweigh the costs. In this situation, it’s unclear if the cost/benefit ratio make sense. SF should not impose a potentially multi-billion-dollar mandate without publishing a real cost/benefit analysis: expected risk reduction, expected fire losses avoided, and a workable permitting + financing plan.
Online pettition from SF Blueprint
Organization SF Blueprint has posted an online petition calling for repeal of the retrofit mandate.
Extensions of interim deadlines for sprinkler mandate passed by Land Use Committee of Board of Supervisors in 2/23 hearing
Hundreds of people turned out to attend and speak at a February 23 hearing of the Land Use Committee of the Board of Supervisors, where it considered approving a revised city Fire Code including extending due dates for interim steps in the fire sprinkler mandate process. The Code was forwarded to the full Board with a recommendation to approve. (It was approved by the full board a week later.) A detailed writeup of the hearing can be viewed here.
Realtor Video about mandate consequences
San Francisco real estate broker Lisa Vukovic has posted a video about the consequences of the retrofit mandate.