Eventually this question will likely be settled in a courtroom at some point in the future. Hopefully before the earthquake and not after the earthquake has dealt its fatal blow. Is the state responsible? Is the county responsible? Is the city responsible? Is the building department responsible? Is the building owner responsible? Is the occupant of the building responsible? I think the answer is "yes" to all parties mentioned above.
The Seattle Times newspaper called out the issue in this article City’s old brick buildings could see huge damage in big quake
I'm not too sure if the article will make any difference, but I tried to add my voice to the message that we have a known, known and we know what is going to happen to those URM buildings during an earthquake.
Now, who will make a positive move to change the "predictable surprise" outcome and prevent those buildings from collapsing in an earthquake?
