As of 1/1/18, all newly permitted or remodeled swimming pools and spas in California must have at least two safety features in place to protect children from drowning. Home inspectors doing an inspection for the purpose of a home sale are now required to document which measures are present (if any) and also must note if the pool/spa has fewer than the two safety measures in place. The law also requires that before a city or county can issue a final approval for the completion of ANY construction or remodeling of a residential property that includes a pool or spa, the local building code official will need to inspect the drowning prevention safety features required under the new law (very similar to our water conserving fixtures law). This new statute does not create any new disclosure obligation on the part of agents or single-family residential property owners and is not a point of sale requirement, but it is very important for us to be aware of! Click this link to read the article published by CRES Insurance for more information: 
https://www.cresinsurance.com/2018-swimming-pool-inspection-law-california/

It's that time of year again! Time for our bi-annual release of new and revised CAR forms which is like Christmas morning twice a year for TCs like me! Check out this round of revisions....click the link down below for a downloadable PDF of the updates.