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Brown signed off on $1.49 million in new funding this fiscal year specifically for fault zoning.
Under the state's Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning act, developers in that zone must prove their structure does not sit on top of the active faults.
A series of budget cuts slowed the effort dramatically over the next decade, and no new fault zoning occurred between 2004 and 2011.
After the state passed the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act in 1972, the fault was one of the first to be mapped.
Anything that helps promote that is good in our eyes," said Tim McCrink, the head of the state's Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act program.
Property owners along the officially drawn Hollywood fault would also be prohibited from new construction or significant renovation under the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act, passed after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
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With Gov. Jerry Brown's approval, California officials are reviving an ambitious plan to study dangerous earthquake faults and create zoning maps that could restrict development.
Models δAIC Smoothing F 5.4 Smoothing S 4.5 Smoothing M −2.1 Fault 10.0 Zoning P −6.4 Zoning S 9.6 Zoning M −11.4 GPS 0.1.
"Right now there are restrictions on where you can build relative to earthquake faults, (and) flood hazards, but we don't have any sore of fire zoning that says you can't build here because it's too hazardous.
His remarks come after The Times reported Monday that at least 18 buildings were approved for construction on or near the Hollywood and Santa Monica faults over the last decade without the rigorous studies that would have been required had the state zoned those faults.
In December, The Times reported that more than a dozen properties were approved for construction on or near the Hollywood and Santa Monica faults over the last decade without the in-depth studies that would have been required had the state zoned those faults.
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