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MOBILE HOMES – WATER HEATER AND SMOKE ALARM PROTECTIONS FOR OWNERS

AB 2050, Health & Safety Sections 18031.7, 18029.6

This bill requires, at time of sale, all mobile homes and manufactured housing to have smoke detectors in all rooms designed for sleeping and to have seismic braces on gas-fired water heaters.

This law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to promulgate rules and regulations that include standards for water heater seismic bracing, anchoring, or strapping.

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County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs
B-96 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 W. Temple Street * Los Angeles, CA 90012-2706
Telephone (800) 593-8222 (within the County) * (213) 974-1452
Web site: dca.lacounty.gov