The lawyer Mark Geragos complained about this on his podcast this week. He thinks they only inspect buildings and businesses that look like they can afford to pay fines. That it's really about money and nothing else.
“The lawyer Mark Geragos complained about this on his podcast this week. He thinks they only inspect buildings and businesses that look like they can afford to pay fines. That it’s really about money and nothing else.”
Short story: We have an elevator in our building that is inspected by the State every year. For years, they came every 12 months and we were charged $110 for the inspection. Now they come every 18 months and the fee is now $220. But that’s only part of the story. Recently they have “found things needing correction” that were bogus. We have a service company coming in every 90 days to “inspect and maintain” the unit. So this past inspection they said that the “hoistway” needed to be “cleaned” and some piece of the electronics needed “service,” neither of which were true. So we told our service company to take care of whatever was needed. They waited longer than the prescribed grace period, and we were hit with a “fine” of $674. (which the service company had to pay). I personally vacuumed the hoistway and the top of the car and got nothing, so I know this is simply legalized extortion under color of authority.
This is simply one small example of the depravity of our government and it’s cadre of “employees” who are taking money under false pretenses.