SF to require window inspections on high-rise buildings built after 1998

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- You may remember how winds blasted holes into several skyscrapers in downtown San Francisco early last year.

Now, city leaders say changes are being made.

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High rises built after 1998 will now be required to have window inspections every five years.

A San Francisco Board of Supervisor's Committee just passed the policy.

Building owners will have to do visual checks every five years and a more comprehensive inspection every 10.

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