Owners of more than 300 properties across San Francisco have missed the final deadline to start an earthquake-retrofit project required under the city’s Soft Story Mandatory Retrofit program. The buildings not in compliance represent just 7 percent of the structures citywide that the program identified as requiring retrofits. But, given […]
UPDATE ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY — Officials from six area cities provided an update to some 40 local Realtors® on development activities underway or planned in their communities. The Rancho Southeast Association of Realtors® event was sponsored by Optimum Seismic, Inc.
Vernon, Calif. — A group of some 40 members of the […]
Explore the Apartment Association of California Southern Cities’ Multifamily Housing Trends & Gain Insights on September 18, 2019
The demand for responsible multifamily housing continues to strengthen with no indication of stopping. Seasoned professionals and those new to this market sector will come together on September 18 to network with […]
September 2019 Newsletter.
What’s Los Angeles County doing to plan for resilience? And how can businesses and local government ensure that the fabric of our society remains intact following a major earthquake? Find out by attending one in a series […]
To reserve your seat, register at https://bizfedlacounty.org/resiliency
A series of earthquake preparedness seminars focused on creating a safer Los Angeles County has been announced by the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed).
In the aftermath of this summer’s 7.1 earthquake in Ridgecrest and widespread destruction caused by wildfires in […]
Nobody knows where or when the next major earthquake or disaster will strike. While there is clear evidence about the types of buildings likely to suffer damage from seismic shaking, it’s always best to assess your risks by having your apartment building inspected to identify its resiliency as well as […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
Southern California got hit by some monster quakes this summer, thankfully with no casualties and little destruction due to the remoteness of the epicenters’ sparsely populated desert location.
But what if the Ridgecrest temblors happened here?
San Diego’s Rose Canyon […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
September is National Preparedness Month, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency messages to help people protect themselves and their businesses against earthquakes.
To help apartment owners get ready for a seismic emergency, FEMA has set up a special QuakeSmart […]
Optimum Seismic, Inc. an earthquake engineering company dedicated to making California cities safer, has announced its support for the Huntington Park Chamber of Commerce’s first “Latina Women in Business Awards and Conference.” The luncheon event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Bicycle Hotel and […]
According to a new research a lot of earthquakes we feel come soon after smaller ones. The new research offered insight into what happens before a small and large earthquake.
For more info, please read the original article by LA Times:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-19/earthquakes-foreshocks-seismology-new-study
