In our previous blogs we discussed the mandatory requirements of the City of Los Angeles’ Soft Story Retrofit Program, as well as the Tenant Habitability Program (“THP”), which requires the owner and/or landlord of a Soft Story building to mitigate the impact of retrofitting activities on the property’s tenants.   In this new blog, we explain how the owner and/or landlord of a Soft Story building [...]

What does it mean to retrofit a Soft Story building If you are an owner or manager of a Los Angeles based commercial property, you may have already heard of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (“LADBS”) mandatory Soft Story Retrofitting Program and how Los Angeles commercial property owners can prepare for an earthquake.  In brief, the City of Los Angeles’ Soft Story [...]

Why is the Los Angeles area so prone to earthquakes? One of our clients recently asked us, why is the Los Angeles area so prone to earthquakes?  Our client read our previous blogs, which described how our recent 4.2-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks was a stark reminder of just how dangerous our Los Angeles “neighborhood” really is!  The potential damage from earthquakes has increased because [...]