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Common DIY projects that may trigger a home inspection, experts say

Here's the thing nobody tells you when you're about to swing that sledgehammer or fire up that new circular saw. What feels ...
Mission Local

Building inspector says Paul Pelosi, Jr. asked him to ‘take care of’ problems at site tied to alleged bribery scheme

Rat droppings, wood flakes and soiled clothes are strewn about this room at "The Pit," an SRO at 1312 Utah St. Photo by Abraham Rodriguez, 2019. An inspector at the Department of Building Inspection ...
Mission Local

‘I feel like I was preyed upon:’ District inspectors say DBI director Patrick O’Riordan kept them off connected builders’ sites — Part II

Before his recent retirement, Norman Gutierrez was perhaps the Department of Building Inspection’s longest-serving employee. He was hired in 1987 and worked there for 34 years. As such, you see his ...
Slate

Building Inspectors Are the Reverse Cops of Chicago

In Chicago it’s simply the map. No matter what kind of data you’re looking at, the city’s infamous segregation produces the same results: One thing on the prosperous North Side, another on the poor ...
WWLTV

Building inspectors, contractor being arrested for allegedly falsifying reports

NEW ORLEANS — The owner of the area’s leading private building inspection company and the former top building inspector for the city of New Orleans are facing arrest Thursday in Jefferson Parish for ...