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File #: 26-441 MEETING DATE: 6/2/2026
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Eric McCoy, Fire Chief
PREPARED BY: Kevin Justen, Senior Management Analyst
Subject:
Adopt Resolution 2026-13 to Acknowledge Receipt of a Fire Department Report Regarding the
Annual Inspection of Certain Occupancies
Statement of Issue:
This is a request for the City Council to adopt the attached resolution acknowledging receipt of a
report by the Huntington Beach Fire Department regarding the annual inspection of certain
occupancies. This resolution will be submitted to the State of California in compliance with Senate
Bill 1205.
Financial Impact:
Not applicable.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-13, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
California Acknowledging Receipt of a Report Made by the Fire Chief of the Huntington Beach Fire
Department Regarding the Inspection of Certain Occupancies Required to Perform Annual
Inspections in Such Occupancies Pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the California Health
and Safety Code."
Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve and direct staff otherwise.
Analysis:
California Healty and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 require all fire departments that
provide fire protection services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a public or
private school, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house and certain residential care facilities.
These inspections are performed to meet certain building standards. Section 13146.2 of the Code
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requires each department to report annually to its governing body on conformance to these
requirements. State Senate Bill 1205 requires that effective January 1, 2019, the governing body
annually adopt a resolution or other formal document certifying that these inspections were
completed and that this document be submitted to the State.
During calendar year 2025, the Huntington Beach Fire Department completed annual inspections of
all buildings referenced under Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the California Health and Safety
Code.
This includes the following:
Occupancy Type #in Jurisdiction #of Inspections
Rls("hotel,motel,lodging houses") 20 19 95
R2s("apartment houses") 2,438 2,438 100
R2.1 ("supervised residential") 5 5 100
R4s("residential/assisted living") I 1 100
Es("public and private schools") 40 40 100
TOTAL 2,504 2,503 100
A total of 2,504 occupancies were inspected, representing 100% of all required facilities.
In conformance with Senate Bill 1205, staff recommends the adoption of the resolution shown as
Attachment 1.
Environmental Status:
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), administrative activities of governments that will
not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment do not constitute a project.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable -Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2026-13
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA ACKNOWLEDGING
RECEIPT OF A REPORT MADE BY THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING
THE INSPECTION OF CERTAIN OCCUPANCIES REQUIRED
TO PERFORM ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IN SUCH
OCCUPANCIES PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13146.2 AND
13146.3 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.4 was added in 2018, and
became effective on September 27, 2018; and,
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 requires all
fire departments, including the Huntington Beach Fire Department, that provide fire protection
services to perform annual inspections in every building used as a public or private school, hotel,
motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential care facilities for compliance with
building standards, as provided and,
WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 13146.2 requires all fire
departments, including the Huntington Beach Fire Department, that provide fire protection
services to report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2
and 13146.3 and,
WHEREAS,the Council of the City of Huntington Beach intends this Resolution to fulfill
the requirements of the California Health & Safety Code regarding acknowledgment of the
Huntington Beach Fire Department's compliance with California Health and Sections 13146.2 and
13146.3.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Huntington Beach
that said Council expressly acknowledges the measure of compliance of the Huntington Beach
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Fire Department with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 in the area
encompassed by the City of Huntington Beach, as follows:
A. EDUCATIONAL GROUP E OCCUPANCIES:
Educational Group E occupancies are generally those public and private schools, used by
more than six persons at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th grade. Within
the City of Huntington Beach,there lie thirty-three(33)Group E occupancies,buildings,structures
and/or facilities.
During calendar year 2025, the Huntington Beach Fire Department completed the annual
inspection of thirty-eight(38) Group E occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities. This is
a compliance rate of 100 % for this reporting period.
Additional items of note regarding this compliance rate can be found in the accompanying
staff report for this resolution.
B. RESIDENTIAL GROUP R OCCUPANCIES:
Residential Group R occupancies, for the purposes of this resolution, are generally those
occupancies containing sleeping units,and include hotels,motels,apartments(three units or more),
etc. as well as other residential occupancies (including a number of residential care facilities).
These residential care facilities have a number of different sub-classifications, and they may
contain residents or clients that have a range of needs, including those related to custodial care,
mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, etc. The residents may also be non-ambulatory or
bedridden. Within the City of Huntington Beach, there lie nineteen (19) R1, two thousand four
hundred forty-six (2,446) Group R2, five (5) R2.1 and one (1) R4 occupancies of this nature.
During calendar year 2025, the Huntington Beach Fire Department completed the annual
inspection of all R1, R.2, R2.1 and R4 occupancies, buildings, structures and/or facilities. The
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Department completed two thousand five hundred eight(2,508) inspections. This is a compliance
rate of 100 % for this reporting period.
Additional items of note regarding this compliance rate can be found in the accompanying
staff report for this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of June , 2026.
Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CX City Manage
City Attorney
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
Fire Chief
Attachments:
Exhibit "1" — Staff Report
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CY2025 Staff Summary
SB 1205: Fire Protection Services: Inspections: Compliance Reporting
The State legislature requires the chief of every fire department to conduct annual inspections on
all public or private schools, hotel, motel, lodging house, apartment house, and certain residential
care facilities (Health and Safety Code 13146.3, 13146.2, 17921(b)).
Beginning on January 1, 2019, every fire department must report on these State mandated annual
inspections (Health and Safety Code 13146.4, Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. (SB 1205)
Effective January 1, 2019). This report must be in the form of a resolution or other formal
document.
Definitions of key terms:
R1 — Residential occupancies with transient (<30 days) occupants
• Boarding houses (transient) no more than 10 occupants
• Congregate residents (transient) no more than 10 occupants
• Hotels, motels
R2 — Residential — Residential occupancies containing sleeping units or more than two
dwelling units where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature, including apartments
R2.1 — 24-hour living facilities may contain >6 non-ambulatory and/or bedridden clients.
• Assisted living facilities such as residential care facilities, residential care facilities for
the elderly (RCFEs), adult residential facilities, group homes, etc.
• Social rehabilitation facilities such as halfway houses, community correctional centers,
community treatment programs, alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment
R4 — 24-hour living facilities more than six ambulatory clients, but not more than 16 persons;
maximum of six non-ambulatory or bedridden clients
• Assisted living facilities such as residential care facilities, residential care facilities for
the elderly (RCFEs), adult residential facilities, group homes, etc.
• Social rehabilitation facilities such as halfway houses, community correctional centers,
community treatment programs, alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment
E—Facilities used for educational purposes through the 12th grade. For purposes of reporting,
the data presented does not include occupancies designated as Es that are day cares,
preschools (pre-K), or that are facilities located in Es (e.g., YMCA after school care).
Procedures
In order to meet this mandate, the Community Risk Reduction Division assigns annual inspections
to Community Risk Reduction staff and to Fire Companies. Inspections are logged into the Accela
records management system. In 2024, all R1, R2, R2.1, R4, and Es were inspected with the
exception of one (1) R1 hotel whereby the Fire Department did not have access for inspections,
and the owner did not respond to requests for scheduling an inspection.
Data
#in #of
Occupancy Type Jurisdiction Inspections
R1s ("hotel, motel, lodging houses") 20 19 95
R2s ("aportment houses") 2,438 2,438 100
R2.1 ("supervised residential") 5 5 100
R4s ("residential/assisted living") 1 1 100
Es ("public and private schools") 40 40 100
TOTAL 2,504 2,503 100
ATTACHMENT 1-DATA LIST
List of 2,438 R2 (multi family)is available upon request.
R1-18 total
Date Record# Name Address
3/11/2025 FMF-003192 [RD 4014] HUNTINGTON BEACH INN 800 Pacific Coast Hwy MF
5/10/2025 FMF-023343 [RD 3416] NAVIGATION CENTER 17642 Beach Blvd
4/21/2025 FMF-023347 [RD 3716] **BEST WESTERN SURF CITY** 19360 Beach Blvd
4/21/2025 FMF-023348 [RD 3516] STARLIGHT INN 18382 Beach Blvd
7/11/2025 FMF-023350 [RD 3115] COMFORT SUITES HOTEL 16301 Beach Blvd
4/21/2025 FMF-023351 [RD 3516] BEACH INN MOTEL 18112 Beach Blvd
7/16/2025 FMF-023353 [RD 3715] HUNTINGTON SUITES MOTEL 7971 Yorktown Ave
[RD 3206] BEST WESTERN HARBOUR INN
10/2/2025 FMF-023354 AND SUITES 16912 Pacific Coast Hwy
10/2/2025 FMF-023356 [RD 3206]OCEAN SURF INN AND SUITES 16555 Pacific Coast Hwy
7/23/2025 FMF-023357 [RD 3105]SURF CITY INN 16220 Pacific Coast Hwy
7/11/2025 FMF-023358 [RD 3115]SPRINGHILL SUITES MARRIOTT 7872 Edinger Ave
7/11/2025 FMF-023359 [RD 3015] HOTEL EUROPA 7561 Center Ave MF
10/30/2025 FMF-023360 [RD 2810] EXTENDED STAY AMERICA#494 5050 Skylab Rd
10/2/2025 FMF-023361 [RD 3105] 777 MOTOR INN 16240 Pacific Coast Hwy
10/2/2025 FMF-023362 [RD 3105] OCEAN VIEW MOTEL 16196 Pacific Coast Hwy
[RD 4115] HYATT REGENCY HUNTINGTON
3/19/2025 FMF-023363 BEACH RESORT 21500 Pacific Coast Hwy
[RD 4014] SHOREBREAK HOTEL AT THE
8/28/2025 FMF-023364 STRAND 500 Pacific Coast Hwy
FMF-023470 [RD 3105]SUNSET SUITES 16401 Pacific Coast Hwy
10/29/2025 FMF-023592 [RD 3307]TRAVELODGE SUNSET BEACH 17205 Pacific Coast Hwy
4/1/2025 FMF-023612 [RD 4014] *** LE HOTEL LLC*** 720 Pacific Coast Hwy
R2.1—4 total
Date Record# Name Address
12/3/2025 FMF-006201 [RD 3314] MERRILL GARDENS 17200 Goldenwest St MF
12/20/2025 FMF-001407 [RD 3615] HUNTINGTON TERRACE 18800 Florida St MF
11/21/2025 FMF-023509 [RD 3615] ***SEA CLIFF ASSISTED LIVING*** 18851 Florida St
12/23/2025 FMF-023537 [RD 3714] IVY PARK AT HUNTINGTON BEACH 7401 Yorktown Ave MF
R4—1 total
Date Record# Name Address
9/30/2025 FMF-023416 [RD 3414] HB YOUTH SHELTER/WAYFINDERS 7291 TALBERT AVE
E—38 total
Date Record# Name Address
10/1/2025 FMF-023600 [RD 3815] KINETIC ACADEMY 721 Utica Ave
9/4/2025 FMF-023605 [RD 3716] KINETIC ACADEMY 19231 Harding Ln
11/20/2025 FMF-023431 [RD 3413] MESA VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 17601 Avilla Ln
12/3/2025 FMF-023432 [RD 3613]SEACLIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 6701 Garfield Ave
8/27/2025 FMF-023433 [RD 4016] PETERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 20661 Farnsworth Ln
9/9/2025 FMF-023434 [RD 4019] HUNTINGTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 9700 Levee Dr
10/8/2025 FMF-023435 [RD 3215] LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 7661 Warner Ave
FMF-023436 [RD 3311] MARINE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 5682 Tilburg Dr
8/12/2025 FMF-023437 [RD 3212]SPRING VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 16662 Trudy Ln
7/23/2025 FMF-023438 [RD 2812] CLEGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 6311 Larchwood Dr MF
7/23/2025 FMF-023439 [RD 2812] STACEY MIDDLE SCHOOL 6311 Larchwood Dr MF
11/6/2025 FMF-023440 [RD 3109] GRACE LUTHERAN SCHOOL 5172 McFadden Ave
8/7/2025 FMF-023441 [RD 4118] EDISON HIGH SCHOOL 21400 Magnolia St
8/28/2025 FMF-023442 [RD 4218] EADER SCHOOL K-5 9291 Banning Ave
8/30/2025 FMF-023444 [RD 3917]S A MOFFETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 8800 Burlcrest Dr
8/1/2025 FMF-023445 [RD 3918]SAINTS SIMON &JUDE SCHOOL 20400 Magnolia St MF
8/14/2025 FMF-023446 [RD 3919] HAWES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 9682 Yellowstone Dr
10/8/2025 FMF-023447 [RD 3820] PEGASUS SCHOOL 19692 Lexington Ln
8/20/2025 FMF-023448 [RD 3819] OKA SCHOOL 9800 Yorktown Ave
8/1/2025 FMF-023449 [RD 3012] CIRCLE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 6261 Hooker Dr
9/8/2025 FMF-023451 [RD 3316] LAKE VIEW SCHOOL 17451 Zeider Ln
10/22/2025 FMF-023452 [RD 3208] HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4343 Pickwick Cir
11/7/2025 FMF-023453 [RD 3315] OAK VIEW SCHOOL 17241 Oak Ln
11/13/2025 FMF-023454 [RD 3314]OCEAN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 17071 Gothard St
10/29/2025 FMF-023455 [RD 2712] HEBREW ACADEMY SCHOOL 14401 Willow Ln
8/6/2025 FMF-023456 [RD 3113] COLLEGE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 6582 Lennox Dr
10/30/2025 FMF-023457 [RD 3914]AGNES L SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 770 17th St
8/20/2025 FMF-023458 [RD 3718]TALBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL 9101 Brabham Dr
11/12/2025 FMF-023459 [RD 3011] MARINA HIGH SCHOOL 15871 Springdale St
11/20/2025 FMF-023460 [RD 3412] HOPEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17622 Flintstone Ln
10/22/2025 FMF-023463 [RD 3110]VILLAGE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5361 Sisson Dr
7/10/2025 FMF-023464 [RD 2912]SCHROEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 15151 Columbia Ln
7/23/2025 FMF-023465 [RD 3817] NEWLAND SCHOOL 8787 Dolphin Dr
8/7/2025 FMF-023466 [RD 3313]GOLDEN VIEW SCHOOL 17251 Golden View Ln
11/1/2025 FMF-023469 [RD 3109] LEPORT SCHOOL&CHILDRENS CENTER 16081 Waikiki Ln
7/29/2025 FMF-023568 [RD 3013] HERITAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL 15881 Goldenwest St
Res. No. 2026-13
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on June 2, 2026 by the following vote:
AYES: Gruel, Kennedy, Twining, McKeon, Burns, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: Van Der Mark
RECUSED: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California