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Major, major problem after earthquakes actually. It is. Thats one of the big things. A lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. But all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. Who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done . The Structural Engineering community is great. We have the Structural Engineers association of Northern California right here in San Franci...

Want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done . The Structural Engineering community is great. We have the Structural Engineers association of Northern California right here in San Francisco. Theyre a wealth of information and resources. What kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do . I think its really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is ...

Will be uninhibit tabl and people cant stay in their homes after an earthquake. They may have to go to shelters or leave entirely and we dont want that to happen. We want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage them to stay and not relocate to other locations and shelters. Thats right so that means the Housing Needs to be safe enough to stay and we have been focused in trying to define what that means and you as a former Building Official knows better than anybody t...

Its own mint. The temporary quarters were in this building and cost 93,000. This building is a landmark california historic landmark and built the new building around it. On top of it too. And this on commercial street below kearney and its a museum of pacific history or Something Like that and it is temporary it was temporary until the mint was built at fifth and Mission Street and people say is now the old mint but this is in fact the old mint and this is what pat this is just up the street. A...

Know what that is . What is that . Cookies and cream. Oh, they are beautiful. Yes, so we got to get. All right, all right. We treat the cookies like wine tasting. I dont ever want anybody to bite into a cookie and not get what they want to get. Were Training Staff because they can look at the cookie and tell if its wrong. Oh, here we go. You smell it and then you taste it, clean the plat palate with the milk. I could be a professional painter because i know how to do this. I can tell that its a ...

These are the homes in west would park. In westwood park. How did this perform . The composite the assembly comes assembly composite assembly. They would stucco it. They would put chicken wire on it. When i inspect buildings that are being remodeled, i see that the chicken wire mesh is completely gone. It is galvanized. The saltwater was enough to rest it out. It people think stucco is waterproof it is not waterproof. It sucks the water in. You have to water protect it and paint it. The above th...

Were here at spur in San Francisco, this wonderful exhibit of safe enough to stay. And this is an example of what your home might be like after an earthquake. And we have today with us ben latimer from tvan. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Well talk about things you can do you dont have to be a professional contractor to make your home more livable after an earthquake. I want to talk about things a homeowner can do. We have comfort and we have things like a little bit of maybe safety if you...

Place of employment downtown and i want future residents to know that they can live downtown without having to rely on a car. We want to have answers, how can i get to work and how can i run, errands and can i live downtown without owning a car or having one car for my family. We believe that the bike share is one of the answers to those questions, it is a convenient and affordable way to encuresage the use as driving alone, abehalf of the city county, supervisor, and the chair of the san transa...

Commission. We are just proud to be a part of this Great Community event. We started this 3 years ago, this thing called met pole. It was part of sunday to participate in a pedestrian oriented family way. 3 years later. The pingpong festival has taken on by itself and wanted to take on the diplomacy for china and also to focus on a community of youth, family and seniors to play pingpong and pick up this exercise for all to participate in this community. A long time ago when i was little, i playe...

Hi, im corn field and welcome to doing building San Francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. Lets take a look at that. Here at the spur urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. I have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey ...