Seismic upgrades
For a few months now they've been arguing about requiring seismic upgrade to "unreinforced masonry" (basically brick) buildings.
The owners (which include a lot of churches) have been complaining about the cost, saying they can't afford it.
I wish *somebody* would stand up there and point out that if they *don't* do it, when (not *if*) the Big One comes, they'll be paying a lot more in wrongful death suits based on "you knew it wasn't safe in a quake, but you kept letting people use it".
Today they passed something, but it's got a lot of exceptions, allowing up to 20 years to get the upgrades done. :-(
The owners (which include a lot of churches) have been complaining about the cost, saying they can't afford it.
I wish *somebody* would stand up there and point out that if they *don't* do it, when (not *if*) the Big One comes, they'll be paying a lot more in wrongful death suits based on "you knew it wasn't safe in a quake, but you kept letting people use it".
Today they passed something, but it's got a lot of exceptions, allowing up to 20 years to get the upgrades done. :-(