The at-risk list was released recently as the City Council decides on February 14 whether to follow the lead of Los Angeles and other municipalities by modifying existing law to make seismic retrofits mandatory.

If enacted, the law phases in retrofits for five types of buildings considered especially dangerous in an earthquake.

Soft-story buildings have up to six years to retrofit. Building with unreinforced masonry, found in the oldest structures, have two years. The list includes 174 such buildings.

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