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SB 721 and SB 326 Balcony Laws in California
California's balcony inspection laws are not new, but the compliance calendar has now caught up with them. SB 326 and SB 721 have been on the books for years, and both statutory deadlines have now passed—SB 326's initial condominium inspection deadline expired January 1, 2025, and SB 721's initial multifamily rental inspection deadline, extended one year by AB 2579, expired January 1, 2026. For California public agencies, this means the questions building departments, code enforcement divisions, city attorneys, housing staff, and risk managers are fielding have shifted from "when do we need to be ready" to "how do we handle the properties that are already out of compliance." For California public agencies, these laws are no longer future compliance issues for private property owners, apartment operators, and condominium associations to manage on their own timeline. They are now part of the day-to-day work of building departments, code enforcement divisions, city attorneys, housing staff, and public agency risk managers. The Legal Framework: SB 326, SB 721, and AB 2579 SB 326: Condominium Inspections SB 326 applies to condominium projects and is codified in Civil...
Serviam as a Court-Appointed Receiver Resolves a Public Wastewater Crisis in California
When a privately owned wastewater treatment plant serving a California mountain community fell into crisis—insolvent, inoperable, and out of regulatory compliance—a California Superior Court turned to Serviam by Wright LLP to serve as Court Receiver. What followed was a structured, court-supervised process that stabilized the facility, secured public funding, and ultimately transferred the system to a governmental entity capable of operating it in full compliance with California law and regional water board permitting requirements. The case stands as a practical example of what effective court receivership can accomplish for communities and public agencies facing intractable utility or infrastructure failures. A Public Utility System in Crisis The wastewater treatment plant ("WWTP") had experienced years of decline before the Court's intervention. A major wildfire devastated the surrounding community, destroyed critical infrastructure at the WWTP, and left the facility without power and inoperable for an extended period. By the time the Court appointed a receiver, the WWTP had no corporate operating funds and was described as insolvent without public support. ...
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