San Francisco is approaching a crucial vote on an ordinance aimed at identifying buildings that lack seismic safety, specifically concrete structures built before 1995. Supervisors Myrna Melgar and Rafael Mandelman are co-sponsoring the ordinance, which would require property owners to hire engineers for safety screenings. The initiative seeks to gather crucial data without mandating immediate retrofitting of unsafe buildings, highlighting the urgency of retrofitting in the face of potential earthquakes.
If this ordinance passes on Tuesday, building owners of concrete and tilt-up buildings will need to hire a structural or a civil engineer to fill out a screening form.
This is a category of buildings largely concrete buildings built prior to 1995. Those buildings if they don't have steel in them can be in very bad shape.
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