Resolution 16378
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16378
ACKNOWLEDGING ACCEPTANCE OF THE ALAMEDA FIRE
DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH
STATEǦMANDATED INSPECTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS
13146.2, THROUGH 13146.4 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE
WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3
require local fire departments providing fire protection services to perform annual
inspections of specific occupancy types, including public and private schools (E
occupancies), institutional facilities (I occupancies), and residential occupancies such as
hotels, motels, lodging houses, and apartment buildings containing three or more units
(R occupancies); and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the California Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1205
(SB 1205), adding Section 13146.4 to the Health and Safety Code, requiring each fire
department to annually report to its administering authority on its level of compliance with
the mandated inspections described in Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3; and
WHEREAS, Section 13146.4 further requires that the administering authority,
which for the City of Alameda is the City Council, formally acknowledge receipt of the
annual inspection compliance report by resolution or similar official action; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of SB 1205 is to ensure transparency and accountability
in the performance of stateǦmandated fire and life safety inspections, particularly in
occupancies where vulnerable populations reside or gather; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda Fire Department has completed its annual review of
mandated inspections for the 2025 reporting period and has reported that it completed 97
percent of required inspections for E occupancies, 100 percent of required inspections
for I occupancies, and 90.63 percent of required inspections for R occupancies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received and reviewed the Alameda Fire
Department’s Annual SB 1205 Inspection Compliance Report for the 2025 reporting
period; and
WHEREAS, the City Council intends to acknowledge the Alameda Fire
Department’s annual report in accordance with SB 1205 and the applicable provisions of
the California Health and Safety Code.
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the council of the City of Alameda
hereby acknowledges receipt of the Alameda Fire Department’s Annual Report on
Compliance with StateǦMandated Inspections for the 2025 reporting period, as required
by California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2, 13146.3, and 13146.4; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that this
Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 7th day of April 2026, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Boller, Daysog, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft – 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official
seal of said City this 8th day of April 2026.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to Form:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda