Is this what you would tell the victims of the Oakland fire? There should have been a six month grace period for them to get up to code?

No - these are human lives. If the building isn't up to code - it should be shut down immediately if it is - and the tenants should file civil suit against the owner for unnecessarily putting their lives in danger. You could have hundreds of deaths here.

Imagine if that place lit up during the Dirty show last weekend.