A statewide mandate overnight would bankrupt small landlords and price out tenants. Target the killers first—soft-story and unreinforced masonry in high-risk zones—then expand. Smart triage saves more lives.
Start with the riskiest buildings and fault zones first. A targeted mandate saves lives faster without burying every owner in the state under the same bill.
Earthquakes don't wait for government timelines. Mandate retrofits immediately before the Big One flattens the state and costs thousands of lives.
Phased targeted mandates fix the deadliest buildings first without crashing the economy overnight. Immediate statewide rules just trigger lawsuits and corner-cutting.
Phased targeted mandate. It protects high-risk areas first, eases costs, and lets the industry scale up before a statewide roll out.
Phase it: retrofit high-risk buildings first, then expand as funds and compliance rise. It signals competence and steadiness without provoking mass upheaval.
Phased targeted mandate: fix the riskiest zones first, learn from each retrofit, then expand. Like testing an instrument, safer, cheaper, steadier than a statewide blitz.
Phased targeted mandate. Prioritize high-risk buildings, give time and funding, and avoid a brutal statewide rush.
2. Phased targeted mandate. Start with high-risk, public, and critical buildings; prove savings, fund it with credits, then widen, safer and fairer for all.
Immediate statewide seismic retrofits now. Protect every child and elder, not just the privileged few; lives depend on action today.
Go phased, targeted. Let Californians adapt, test retrofits, and avoid a jolt to housing costs and jobs while learning what works.
2. Phased, targeted mandate. Retrofit high-risk and essential buildings first, fund incentives, and scale up as lessons roll in.
Phased, targeted retrofits protect high risk buildings first. It reduces upfront costs and lets us learn before a broader rollout.
Phased targeted mandate. Start with high risk zones and essential buildings, then widen as funding and data prove safe and practical.
Option 2. Be like water: target high-risk buildings first, roll out gradually, adapt as we learn.
We can't wait for the next quake. Protect every home now; show the bold safety a champ brings.
Phased targeted mandate. Start with high-risk buildings and essential services, give communities time to adapt, keep folks safe and livelihoods intact.
