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One law that passed after the 1994 earthquake in LA was that not only did new construction and remodels have to have all the latest earthquake safety features,
by jedberg 2y ago
One law that passed after the 1994 earthquake in LA was that not only did new construction and remodels have to have all the latest earthquake safety features, but any house sold did too. You couldn't sell a house without doing the earthquake retrofit.
They should pass a similar law with some environmental requirements. The same ones that they are requiring on new construction and retrofits should also be required on sale. That would at least help.
- Marsymars 2y agoMaybe, but I think the minimum code standards are in general too low. e.g. I bought a house 2 years ago where they'd replaced all the windows with double pane windows prior to selling. I'd have happily paid the marginal difference to get top-end windows, but now that I've got all new code-compliant windows, it doesn't make sense for me to upgrade them again for at least another decade.
- fckgw 2y agoThey are passing those laws. As of 2020 all new construction homes sold in California must have a solar system installed. Also in many parts there's strict requirements on what type of landscaping they can have (no grass, only specific plants and drip irrigation allowed).