“We don’t really have a legitimate excuse...
“We don’t really have a legitimate excuse for not doing it, we really don’t.”
--Los Angeles City Councilman Ernani Bernardi, referring to council consideration--and lack of action--between 1980 and 1983 of a proposal to require installation of sprinkler systems in older high-rise buildings.
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