During the earthquakes at Northridge, Mexico City, and most recently, Christchurch New Zealand, many concrete buildings constructed prior to the 1976 Los Angeles City Building Code provisions, or similar era codes in other countries, performed poorly and collapsed, causing loss of human life, personal injury, and property damage. The poor performance of these older concrete buildings is due to deficiencies in the lateral force-resisting system that render the building incapable of sustaining gravity loads when the building is subjected to an earthquake.
Buildings that are within the scope of this ordinance and require retrofitting are concrete buildings with a roof and/or floor supported by a concrete wall or concrete column, submitted for plan check before January 13, 1977.
For more information, please contact:
Non-Ductile Concrete Retrofit Unit
Address: 201 N. Figueroa St, Suite 880, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Email: public.nonductileconcrete@lacity.org
Telephone: (213) 978-4475
Office hours: We attend Monday to Friday from 7:30AM to 4:30PM. Wednesdays we start working at 9:00AM
For more information on rent stabilization, please contact LAHD:
Tenant Habitability Plan Unit
Email: hcidla.code.seismic@lacity.org
Telephone: (213) 252-1464
Cost Recovery Applications & RSO Information
Telephone: (866) 557-RENT (7368)
Site: https://lahd.service-now.com/ask-housing
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