CALBO :: Building Department

H&S Code Sections 13145/13146 Reference Documents

From the Desk of Dan Pavao
Building Official/Fire Marshal
City of El Cajon

Welcome to CALBO online. As the 2010-11 CALBO President, it is my distinct honor to welcome you to CALBO’s electronic portal. The CALBO Board works tirelessly with CALBO policy committees and industry partners to keep this website current with timely, useful and informative materials to help you run your department.

Although we face many challenges on a daily basis, from constrained budgetary resources to a code environment that is ever changing and more complex, yet with these challenges comes a great deal of opportunity. In the flux and flow of the changes we see happening around us is the opportunity to emerge on the other side as code officials who are more progressive, constructive and thoughtful servants of public safety. We can be the problems solvers and the forward thinkers in our communities. We can be the ones who re-image our industry for the challenges of the future. We can shape our industry to reflect our values and the concerns we all share for the importance of building safety. I hope you share this vision with me, and are ready for the challenges of shaping our future together.

Throughout this website, you will find articles detailing best practices, partnerships CALBO has forged and ways that you can work to change the image of your building department. I encourage you to navigate your way around these pages to see the many layers and faces of CALBO.

I would also like to encourage you to take a leadership role within CALBO – perhaps you have already attended CALBO trainings, or taught a class. Maybe you have attended the ABMs or worked on a CALBO policy committee. Perhaps you have submitted amendments to state agency code adoption proposals. In whatever way you have participated, I assure you - the more you put in, the more you will gain professionally as a code official.

There has never been a more important time to band together as a profession – together as CALBO, we have much to look forward to as we weather the storm and look for the sunshine that waits for us behind the clouds.

Sincerely,

Dan Pavao
City of El Cajon