After Surfside collapse, Miami-Dade drafts reforms that fall short of recommendations

After a catastrophic partial building collapse in Surfside left 98 dead and a community traumatized, Florida’s lawmakers were tasked with finding a legislative solution to long simmering issues of lax inspections, poor upkeep and sloppy enforcement of 40-year structural recertifications, all seen as factors that may have contributed to the tragedy at Champlain Towers South.

 

 

 

 

Miami-Dade drafts reforms