New rules in Santa Monica will soon require many older buildings to be inspected, and then reinforced to make them less vulnerable to earthquakes. The City has compiled a list of about 2,400 buildings that may require reinforcing.

One challenge the City will face: how to deal with the flood of building permit applications that will result from this effort.

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