Why Non-Compliant Braille Signs Are Draining California Businesses
A lot of business owners treat signage as the last item on the renovation checklist. You get the signs installed, collect the certificate of occupancy, and assume you're covered for the foreseeable future. But Braille signs have specific, evolving requirements under both federal ADA law and California's Title 24 building code, and falling short of those requirements has become a costly problem for thousands of businesses across the state. We've worked with enough clients after the fact to know the damage is rarely just a fine. It stacks fast, and it tends to arrive without much warning. The tricky part is that most business owners don't realize their signage has drifted out of compliance. Standards have tightened significantly since the early days of the ADA, and what was acceptable a decade ago doesn't necessarily hold up under today's requirements. California runs its own stricter building code on top of federal rules, so the bar here is higher than in most...