The building code pause would also pause this commonsense progress, taking control away from local cities without making housing any more affordable.

The law pauses updates to state and local building codes — the mandatory construction standards meant to ensure that new buildings are safe and energy efficient — for the next six years.

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would pause updates to state housing standards to spur new construction.

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would pause updates to state housing standards to spur new construction.

California’s building code does not originate in California. As with most states, our code takes as its jumping off point a set of general rules written by the International Code Council, a nonprofit ...