CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
DATE: JUNE 24, 2026 CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL
REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH STATE MANDATED INSPECTION
FROM: Scott C. Stiles, City Manager
BY: Fire Department
SUMMARY:
Staff recommends that the City Council receives the Fire Department’s annual report regarding the inspection of certain occupancies including schools, hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartments, and certain residential care facilities, and adopts a Resolution pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the California Health and Safety Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH STATE INSPECTION MANDATES.”
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
BUSINESS PRINCIPAL DISCLOSURE:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
The California Health and Safety Code requires fire departments within the State of California to annually inspect buildings, public or private, that are utilized as a school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential care facilities that are within their jurisdiction.
Inspectors look for compliance with building standards, and other regulations created by the State Fire Marshal. The inspections focus on public safety and preventing fires.
City Council Staff Report
June 24, 2026 -- Page 2
Compliance with State Inspection Mandates
Pursuant to Senate Bill 1205 (SB 1205), the California Health and Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018, and became effective on September 27, 2018, to read:
(a) Every city or county fire department, or district, required to perform annual Inspections pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3, shall report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.
(b) The report, made pursuant to subdivision (a), shall occur when the administering authority discusses its annual budget, or at another time determined by the administering authority.
(c) The administering authority shall acknowledge receipt of the report, made pursuant to subdivision(a), in a resolution or a similar formal document.
(d) For purposes of this section, "administering authority” means a city council, county board of supervisors, or district board.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
The Fire Department’s Community Risk Reduction Division (CRR) is responsible for fire and life safety community programs throughout the City of Palm Springs. One of these programs is the California State Fire Marshal Mandated Annual Inspection program. The annual inspection program requirement is conducted and completed by the Division’s inspectors throughout the year.
Division inspectors issue correction notices for violations. The amount of time provided for the correction of violations is dependent upon the violation itself. Immediately dangerous situations, for example, blocked emergency exits, or gaseous materials stored indoors, require immediate correction, while less dangerous or more complicated situations, such as fire sprinkler system maintenance, or building repairs, are given fourteen to thirty days for correction.
As required by SB 1205, Section 13146.4, the Division, under the direction of the Fire Marshal, is required to annually report to the City Council its compliance with the annual inspection requirements of the California Health and Safety Code. This Bill also requires the City Council to acknowledge receipt of the compliance report in a resolution.
The table below is the Fire Department’s report of all state mandated occupancies within the City, as well as the total number inspected, and the percentage of completed inspections.
City Council Staff Report
June 24, 2026 -- Page 3
Compliance with State Inspection Mandates
Occupancy Total Inspected Total Properties Completion
Rate
E 18 18 100%
I 1 1 100%
R1 130 130 100%
R2 552 552 100%
R2.1 5 5 100%
R4 No properties
H No properties
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
The requested City Council action is not a “Project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(a), a “Project” means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. According to Section 15378(b), a Project does not include: (5) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING:
This action aligns with the City Council Strategic Plan Broad Goal of Public Safety and Community Services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
REVIEWED BY:
Department Director: Paul Alvarado
City Manager: Scott Stiles
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Draft Resolution