Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for a review of building standards and emergency procedures Sunday after the Oakridge Mobile Home Park was devastated by the Sayre fire and a backup power system failed at a Sylmar hospital.
Chris Anderson, chief of field operations for the division of codes and standards with the California Department of Housing and Community Development, said the issue is already being addressed and that mobile home parks in certain fire-prone areas could have stricter codes as early as late January.
The department is working on a provision that would apply to new homes installed in mobile home parks and that could be adopted by late January or early February, Anderson said. But he said the codes are not retroactive and will apply only to new construction.
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