The California Building Standards Commission is a commission of the state of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 responsible for building code

Building code

A building code, or building control, is a set of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level of safety for constructed objects such as buildings and nonbuilding structures. The main purpose of building codes are to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the...

s in the state. The commission is formally defined under the California Building Standards Law, and operates under the auspices of the California State and Consumer Services Agency

California State and Consumer Services Agency

The California State and Consumer Services Agency is a state cabinet-level agency of the executive branch of the U.S. state of California. The current secretary of the SCSA is former Assembly Member Anna Caballero. Caballero, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown, replaced Governor Arnold...

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Copyright

In September 2008, Carl Malamud

Carl Malamud

Carl Malamud is a technologist, author, and public domain advocate, currently known for his foundation public.resource.org. He was the founder of the Internet Multicasting Service. During his time with this group, he was responsible for creating the first Internet radio station, for putting the...

made headlines by scanning safety and building codes of California, which have been copyrighted by the commission and did not give him license to do so, on public.resource.org/bsc.ca.gov/.