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Retrofit Workshop
Retrofit Workshop
This popular workshop series, provided to homeowners on a quarterly basis, reviews common residential construction weaknesses and introduces basic retrofit techniques that can significantly improve a home's performance in earthquakes. The workshop is offered through the City's Building and Safety Services Division and consists of four 2-hour classroom sessions. By the final work session, the homeowner will have completed a plan set to bolt and brace their home to its foundation.
Fee/Cost:
- Residents: $30/single, $35/couple
- Non-Residents: $50/single, $60/couple
Our next workshop is:
- Dates:
THURSDAY
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
TUESDAY
6-11-20
(This is a four-day course)
- Time: 6:00- 8:00pm
- Where: New Location
- Senior Community Center
- 13909 E. 14th Street
- Main Hall B
To Register:
Please mail in the completed registration form and appropriate fees to:
Division of Building & Safety
Seismic Retrofit Workshop
835 E. 14th Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
** To be placed on the wait-list for future classes, please email Kathy Switzer with the following information:
Name of all Attending
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
For more information, please call Kathy Switzer at (510) 577-3405
Money Available to Seismically Retrofit Your House!!
City of San Leandro Announces Seismic Retrofit Incentive Program
Homeowners Eligible to Receive up to $3,000 Towards Seismic Retrofit Work
The San Leandro City Council announced that for the sixth year in a row, San Leandro homeowners are eligible to receive as much as $3,000 to help strengthen their homes in the event of a major earthquake. Qualified homeowners in the 94577, 94578 and 94579 zip codes can now apply for the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program from January 26 thru February 26 registration deadline via www.earthquakebracebolt.com. Participating homeowners will be selected by a random drawing. All qualifying homeowners who registered will either be selected to participate or put on a wait list. In 2019, 104 lucky San Leandro homeowners were awarded up to $3,000 to retrofit their homes. NEW DATES IN 2021 TO COME.
The houses must meet certain criteria, including being built on a level or low-slope site and sit on a raised foundation wth a four-foot (or less) cripple wall under the first floor. Qualifying dwellings are typically pre-1979 houses that aren’t bolted to their foundations, are built atop a crawl space and have unbraced “cripple walls” surrounding that crawl space.
About the Program
The Brace + Bolt Program is funded through the California Residential Mitigation Program (CRMP) and offers financial incentives to help California homeowners retrofit their houses to reduce potential damage from earthquakes. A residential seismic retrofit makes a house more resistant to earthquake activity such as ground shaking and soil failure by bolting the house to its foundation and adding bracing around the perimeter of the crawl space.