Monthly Archives: December 2025

22 December, 2025

Thank You for a Wonderful Year — Happy Holidays from Optimum Seismic

By |2026-01-28T23:31:13+00:00December 22nd, 2025|Seismic Waves|

OPTIMUM SEISMIC, INC.

December 2025 Newsletter

Thank You for a Wonderful Year — Happy Holidays from Optimum Seismic

Ali Sahabi, GEC
Principal,
Optimum Seismic, Inc.

As we close out 2025, Optimum Seismic, […]

4 December, 2025

Should San Diego’s Hazard Report Include Earthquakes?

By |2026-01-29T00:30:40+00:00December 4th, 2025|Earthquake Resilience, SDCAA|

City of San Diego officials are getting serious about resilience, and they’re turning to the community for feedback on what that means.

In 2020, the city completed a Climate Change Hazard Vulnerability Assessment, which has served as the foundation for a new plan – Climate Resilient SD – to ensure that […]

3 December, 2025

What Happens After the SB 721 Deadline? What Apartment Owners Need to Know Before January 1, 2026

By |2026-01-29T00:31:23+00:00December 3rd, 2025|AAOC, Apartment Building, Apartment Buildings Earthquake Safety, apartments seismic retrofit|

California’s statewide Senate Bill 721 requires building owners to perform structural inspections of their exterior elevated elements (EEEs). As we enter the final month before the January 1, 2026 compliance deadline, balcony inspections remain a critical part of building ownership, ensuring occupant safety and protecting owners from costly liability.

When is the deadline?

The […]

2 December, 2025

Thousands Of Apartment Buildings At Earthquake Risk

By |2026-01-29T00:04:05+00:00December 2nd, 2025|AACSC, Earthquake Risk|

Before 1980, wood-framed, soft-story apartment buildings became a staple of Southern California’s rapid development. These structures featured open ground floors for parking with residential units above, prioritizing land use over safety.

These structures have since been shown to be among a community’s most deadly. Perched as if on stilts with their […]

1 December, 2025

Does Earthquake Denial Make Disaster Worse?

By |2026-01-29T00:04:33+00:00December 1st, 2025|AAGLA, earthquake preparedness, Earthquake Resilience|

Many Californians live in earthquake denial. We laugh them off, ignore their ever-present threat to our lives and livelihoods. After all, some reason, we’ve lived through earthquakes before. Why should the next one be different?

The stark reality is that protecting ourselves from earthquakes should be on all of our minds. […]

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