Doug McAllister has been advocatiing for Universal Design in his community since 2003. Now, as city councilperson in Murieta, California he has introduced Visitability standards for the city building code to be considered by the City Council. Initiatives such as McAllister's address the lack of standards and regulations affecting the construction of accessible private homes. Unfortunately for McAllister's strategy, the state of California has retained to itself the prerogrative to author and promulgate Universal Design standards in order to guarantee uniformity statewide.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/08/20/news/californian/22_06_188_19_05.txt
Posted by rollingrains at August 25, 2005 03:06 PM