REQUEST FOR VETO: AB 2681 (Nazarian): Seismic Safety. Potentially Vulnerable Buildings.

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AB 2681 would create an unfunded mandate for every city and county to compile an inventory of buildings that are potentially vulnerable during a seismic event.

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Dear Legislator,

The CITY OF CITY urges your veto of AB 2681 (Nazarian), which would create an unfunded mandate for every city and county to compile an inventory of buildings that are potentially vulnerable during a seismic event.

California cities are responsible for enforcing building code requirements in an estimated 95% of the buildings constructed in the state. Cities ensure that the proper public health and structural safety requirements, codes, and standards are adhered to within our jurisdiction, protecting the citizens we serve and the overall safety of the public.

AB 2681 does not include a funding mechanism for this program, or its maintenance, which burdens local city and county building departments and building owners. Currently, the language only requires Cal OES to identify funding instead of actually having to secure a funding source for this statewide program. Securing a funding source would be crucial for local governments to finance such a large undertaking currently estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

The CITY OF CITY is opposed to the statewide mandate contained within the bill that will pose major compliance problems for many local jurisdictions. Many of our departments are too overburdened and small to add a new seismic resiliency system, which would result in staffing and financial difficulties at a time when these agencies are stretched thin dealing with ongoing crises.

PLEASE CITE SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND HOW YOUR CITY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS BILL HERE.

While well intentioned, we simply do not have the resources to implement the provisions in this bill without an appropriate level of funding. The CITY OF CITY supports efforts to improve our vulnerability to seismic related events, especially since the next big earthquake is not a matter of if, but when. However, this bill does not require any actual improvements to the seismic resiliency of the buildings that are inventoried and falls short of actually making cities safer. The state should be considering comprehensive and holistic approaches to improve seismic resiliency in collaboration with local government.

For these reasons, the CITY OF CITY urges your veto on AB 2681.

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