52 Billionaire defends windowless dorm rooms for California students (archive.md) posted 3 years ago by ArtemisFoul 3 years ago by ArtemisFoul +52 / -0 26 comments share 26 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Isn’t that… (Very) Illegal..?
In Australia at least, while windowless rooms DO exist, they only exist by skirting building codes (e.g. the room was not built as a “bedroom”).
I can think of a few examples, including a couple I’ve stayed in, nonetheless…
But to have this across a WHOLE BUILDING, and to openly brag about it in the media… Surely that is breaking at least a couple of laws, no..??!
Welcome to Cali, where something's illegality really only depends on the size of your campaign contributions.
Well, that would also explain people living in buildings with no plumbing; that sort of thing would be illegal up here.
It would certainly be illegal in my country, but hell if I know about American building codes.
Universities, particularly land grant ones (created by lands designated in the Morrill Acts of 1862) are often partially exempt from building codes. They have to meet federal standards, but they often can shrug off municipal rules.