After a Times investigation, Los Angeles building officials commit to hiring an auditor to review building database.
For nearly a decade, Los Angeles has touted its sweeping earthquake safety ordinance — the nation's toughest, which requires thousands of buildings to be evaluated and strengthened if necessary. But city officials never made it easy for Angelenos to look up retrofit information about their building. In 2023, The Times asked for the city's lists of non-ductile concrete and soft-story buildings, as well as their retrofit statuses.
16, in response to inquiries about specific buildings — including several large Broadway Theater District commercial buildings incorrectly labeled as not retrofitted — officials said in an email: “ is confident that our retrofit data is correct. We will look closely into the addresses that LA Times has provided.” By then, The Times had identified at least 56 buildings, both soft-story and non-ductile concrete, that were incorrectly categorized.
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