Mission Local

Building inspector says Paul Pelosi, Jr. asked him to ‘take care of’ problems at site tied to alleged bribery scheme

Rat droppings, wood flakes and soiled clothes are strewn about this room at "The Pit," an SRO at 1312 Utah St. Photo by Abraham Rodriguez, 2019. An inspector at the Department of Building Inspection ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Are building inspections worth the paper they are written on?

Buying a home is usually the biggest purchase of someone's life. But what happens if what you thought you were paying for isn't what you end up with? Homebuyers have been reporting that an unregulated ...
Mission Local

‘I feel like I was preyed upon:’ District inspectors say DBI director Patrick O’Riordan kept them off connected builders’ sites — Part II

Before his recent retirement, Norman Gutierrez was perhaps the Department of Building Inspection’s longest-serving employee. He was hired in 1987 and worked there for 34 years. As such, you see his ...