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All members of Berkeley’s city council agreed to start working on a phase two ordinance mandating retrofit of remaining 203 unretrofitted soft story buildings.

More than 14,000 Berkeley residents could be displaced if a major earthquake hits the Hayward fault line. People that will be mostly affected are those living in soft story buildings, which are structures vulnerable to collapse during an earthquake. There are 269 buildings identified as soft story buildings in Berkeley and only 66 owners have retrofitted their buildings on their own. The remaining 203 have either submitted a plan or done nothing at all; that is why in the 4×4 Joint Committee on Housing meeting, Berkeley City Council members and Rent Stabilization agreed to start working on a phase two ordinance mandating retrofit of remaining unretrofitted soft story building..

For additional information see the link the Daily Planet Article below:

City Council considers retrofits for earthquake-prone buildings

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