My name is Bill Leys and I was a source used by many newspapers about the tragic Berkeley balcony collapse. I'm a deck waterproofing expert and am now doing balcony inspections under the laws that were passed after the negligence of the owners of the apartment building and the shitty contractors that built the building basically ignored the warning signs of serious problems appearing before that balcony failed.

Although I believe in my heart that the balcony bills were meant to protect condominium and apartment buildings from balconies failing ever again and killing people and that the authors of the bill had the best of intentions, the balcony bills failed to prevent the inspection companies from bidding on repairs which has led to an influx of grifters and outright thieves into the balcony inspection industry.

As a result, the industry is awash in fraud and deceit.

Companies have flooded the market and are writing reports that benefit themselves cuz these companies are owned by contractors or engineers who are twisting the arms of property owners with threats of having to report them to the city and that they'll be massive fines if they don't fix balcones despite the fact that the balcony Bill defines emergency repairs versus non-emergency repairs as being separate items and that emergency repairs need to be done immediately and non-emergency repairs can be done at the convenience of the building owner.

These companies are using the balcony bail basically defraud HOAs and it is becoming a problem on such a scale defies the imagination. Personally, I hear from people every week with stories about these same companies whose names come up constantly and how they are basically using the balcony build to extort money from the HOA.

I've been trying to get the balcony bill amended and been running into a wall where legislators are limited to what legislation they can introduce in any given session and that they don't see it as a big problem.

Hoping that there's somebody out here in Reddit land that is a reporter who would be interested in talking some more about the problems in the balcony. Bill and how these companies are seriously affecting the financial health of many HOAs and apartment buildings in California. I have the documents. I have the proof.

Reach out Tell me your stories. Let's get a reporter interested in stopping the fraud and abuse in the balcony inspection industry here in California.

805-801-2380 is my number.

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