- Contractors State License Board
- Find your local building department
- CRMP Retrofit Programs Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
- Six Retrofit Mistakes to Avoid (PDF)
EBB-Specific Resources
- City Of Los Angeles Publications, Prescriptive Standards
- Association of Bay Area Governments, Standard Plan Set for Residential Seismic Retrofitting
- EBB Program Overview Training for Contractors (Video)
- EBB Sample Invoice (PDF) - meets the EBB specifications for reporting expenses
- EBB Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
- EBB Contractor Retrofit Guide – Helping Contractors Meet Program Deadlines and Requirements (PDF)
- EBB Program Rules - 2024 (PDF)
ESS-Specific Resources
- ESS Contractor Retrofit Guide (PDF)
- ESS Sample Invoice (PDF) - meets the Earthquake Soft-Story specifications for reporting expenses
- FEMA P-1100 (PDF) - "Vulnerability-Based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of One and Two-Family Dwellings Volume 1 - Prestandard P-1100 / October 2019"
- FEMA P-1100 (PDF) - "Vulnerability-Based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of One and Two-Family Dwellings Volume 2A- Plan Set for Crawlspace Dwellings FEMA P-1100-2A / October 2019"
- FEMA P-1100 (PDF) - "Vulnerability-Based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of One and Two-Family Dwellings Volume 2B- Plan Set for Living-Space-Over-Garage Dwellings FEMA P-1100-2B / October 2019"
- ESS Program Rules - 2024 (PDF)
Quick Tips
We have created these ESS Quick Tips to assist you with:
- Determining if the house qualifies for FEMA P-1100 and ESS
- Determining if the prescriptive plan sets can be used or, if an engineered design is required
- Finding the Seismic Design Category, SDC, to determine which FEMA P-1100 tables to use