By John Orona Last week the Pasadena City Council approved a plan to limit potential damage from earthquake-vulnerable buildings by requiring some soft-story homes to retrofit and upgrade their structural integrity. The ordinance will group these buildings into three categories based on the number of units. Each category will have five years to complete the…
By John Orona For decades engineers have known the danger soft-story buildings pose to life and property when the next catastrophic earthquake strikes. Now, Pasadena has a plan to minimize the destruction. On Monday, the Pasadena City Council presented a draft ordinance to require retrofitting for nearly 500 wooden soft-story buildings throughout the city. The…
