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October 12, 2015

L.A. expected to pass costly quake rules

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council is expected to pass a retrofitting law requiring costly upgrades of thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings that would be vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake.

The proposal being considered Friday could affect as many as 13,500 so-called soft-first-story buildings, which are typically wood-frame structures with large spaces on the ground floor.


 
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