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Committee backs extension for soft‑story seismic retrofits to give owners COVID‑era relief
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee duplicated and forwarded an ordinance to extend the deadline for seismic retrofits of Tier 4 soft‑story buildings from Sept. 15, 2020 to Sept. 15, 2021, citing COVID‑related delays that left about 41% of Tier 4 properties incomplete.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use & Transportation Committee on Sept. 14 duplicated and sent to the full Board an ordinance to extend the deadline for required seismic retrofit work on Tier 4 soft‑story wood‑frame buildings to Sept. 15, 2021.
Chair Aaron Peskin opened the item and turned the presentation over to Tom Temprano, an aide to Supervisor Mandelman, who said the extension is intended to reduce disruption to small businesses and residential tenants amid the COVID‑19 pandemic. Temprano said the ordinance…
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