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Cal. Gov. Code § 8590.15

Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing

Known as the California Emergency Services Act

The act spans §§ 8550–8669 (245 sections).

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 17

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “California Residential Mitigation Program” or “CRMP” means the joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services.

(b) “Fund” means the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing Fund.

(c) “Multifamily housing” means a multistory building containing 2 to 20 residential units.

(d) “Program” means the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing.

(e) “Seismic retrofitting” means making a structure more resistant to earthquake shaking and damage.

(f) “Soft story” means a multiunit, wood-frame building with a weak first story that has a high collapse potential due primarily to its soft or weak first-story walls.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.