Soft-Story Retrofit Deadlines Progress Report
At a glance
- What: a motion by Yaroslavsky (agenda item 43) for an update and progress report on the mandatory soft-story seismic retrofit program, whose retrofit-or-demolition plan deadlines run from 2028 to 2030 per the captions.
- Where it stands: adopted by the City Council on 2026-10-20 (Council File 14-1697-S4), 15 ayes, 0 noes, reactivating and restoring the file that expired under Council policy.
- Next: the Department of Building and Safety's update to its 2018 progress report on the mandatory soft-story and non-ductile concrete retrofit programs.
Main concerns raised
- Speakers for a historic landmark campus and a historic-restoration specialist asked the Council to pause the deadlines until Building and Safety publishes a list of affected properties.
- They cited the lack of a public inventory, owner notification, and housing loss and tenant displacement.
- A later commenter raised demolition of a historic hotel being converted to permanent housing, saying the owner got no notice (apparently the same subject).
Sources
- 2026-10-20 - City Council (video and transcript)
- https://lacity.primegov.com/portal (Council agenda for 2026-10-20; the Council File number is not stated in the audio and should be added from the agenda)
- City Council journal, October 20, 2026: https://d22tgksh1zpp6f.cloudfront.net/OnlineDocs/agendas/2026/2026-10-20-council-journal-5be54709-32d0-41cf-9ec6-afc1bb779d53.pdf
Discussion time
About 3 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 - City Council | 3 |
Log
2026-10-20 - City Council
Journal: item 43, motion by Yaroslavsky seconded by Padilla, adopted 15-0. Reactivates and restores Council File 14-1697-S4 to its last legislative status before it expired under Council File 05-0553.
- 2026-10-20 - City Council - Yaroslavsky's motion was taken with the other new motions; two speakers asked for a pause in the retrofit deadlines; referred.