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Drew Hubbell:San Diego,California      Nestled at the foot of the San Ysidro Mountains in the BorregoSpringsDesertsits the Shimeall guest house—San Diego’s first permitted Straw Bale building.  AlthoughCalifornia state law now permits the use of straw bale construction, we found it was important to put together a source book for the building officials to help educate [...more]

The path has been laid and the door in open!!! San Diego County has permitted its first Straw Bale Building. In May the county of San Diego issued its first building permit for a straw bale structure. San Diego county is following in the path of 40 plus other counties in California, however the first [...more]