SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco has released new data that shows 24 city-owned buildings are at risk of collapsing from an earthquake. Even more are prone to serious damage according to the city’s ratings.
KRON4 reports on where the most concerns are and what’s being done to fix them.
Residents have seen the damage that can be done in San Francisco after a large earthquake, and a lot has been done in the last 20 years to retrofit buildings. Still more work to be done at two dozen city-owned buildings, from fire stations to homeless shelters.
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San Francisco measures a building’s risk of earthquake damage in Seismic Hazard Ratings (SHR). San Francisco Office of Resilience and Capital Planning Director Brian Strong says 24 city-owned buildings have received an SHR of four — the worst possible score…