San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings
Partner is an architect in SF (works on 2nd St.)<p>She&#x27;s currently dealing with two overlapping regulations, one from the state, the other from the city:
(1) All electrical outlets must be placed less than 18 inches from the edge of a countertop, to make them accessible to people in wheelchairs<p>(2) A countertop must have an outlet every 18 inches, or less.<p>They&#x27;re getting held up in permitting because there is a no constructible L-shaped countertop that satisfies both of these constraints. The best part, nobody on either side seems to care much, they&#x27;re &quot;just doing their job&quot;...and housing isn&#x27;t getting built.<p>I&#x27;m not sure what to make of this, other than that it&#x27;s the newest brilliant &quot;innovation&quot; from the place that banned happy meal toys, and outlawed plastic bags.