Resilient Los AngelesSally Richman | Public Information Officer & Manager,Performance Management & Resiliency PlanningHousing + Community Investment Department

Northridge earthquake: a housing disaster

Responding to Northridge

The 3-year old Housing Department took a crash course in housing recovery and related tenant protections

Professor Mary Comerio’s research on 1989 Loma Prieta quake housing recovery

1992 Hurricane Andrew

Small Business Administration disaster loans not available to properties financially ‘underwater’

Responding to Northridge (continued)

Realized alternative financing needed to rebuild damaged housing

Consulted housing experts and friends in Clinton Administration

$340 million in grants and loans from HUD - the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development – to repair damaged housing

Developed new rules to protect disaster displaced renters

Changes since Northridge

1998 - designed Systematic Code Enforcement Program (SCEP) to routinely inspect all rental housing

2004 - new focus on preparedness and housing recovery

2011-14 FEMA Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) funding for disaster housing planning

Safety assessment desktop and mobile applications (Motion F-5 tablet and iPad) to facilitate post-disaster building assessment

Changes since Northridge (continued)

Mayor Garcetti:

Brought Dr. Lucy Jones to the city

Initiated a mandatory seismic retrofit program

Enabled Los Angeles to be one of 100 Resilient Cities with Rockefeller Foundation

Created a Chief Resilience Officer role which brings together city departments to interact in an interdisciplinary approach

Resiliency includes everyday conditions that City residents, workers and business owners struggle with in a broader, more

inclusive approach.