United Stand (Building Code Confrontation, California Style)

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May/June 1976
By Ken Kern, Ted Kogon, and Rob Thallon 
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At the time of this writing, the Class K Steering Committee has had four meetings, and it appears that a new "owner-builder" regulation will evolve in California. It won't be a panacea to the Big Brother syndrome in government, and it won't solve the need for alternative sewage systems . . . a major problem area for owner-builders. It could, however, serve to take the heat off owner-builders of simple, ecological dwellings. Perhaps, in time, the UBC will evolve into a code of one page!

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The first court cases of United Stand members have fortunately resulted in acquittals. Brilliant legal counsel by United Stand attorney, Barry Vogel, and the one-year statute of limitations combined to result in US victories in the first three cases. Unhappily, the judge ruled as irrelevant arguments on Due Process and Equal Protection, lifestyle, and geographical and topographical considerations.

United Stand is confident that its hard work will be justified. An owner-builder amendment to the housing code is a first step. Adding a page of law to the existing volumes does not solve the problem, Anon Forrest acknowledges, but she says assuredly that in the end "reason will prevail".

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