More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that likely wouldn’t be able to operate after a major earthquake hit their region, and with many institutions claiming they don’t have the money to meet a 2030 legal deadline for earthquake retrofits, the state is now granting relief to some while ramping up pressure on others to get the work done.
Opinion | Vote: Your Health and Your Patients’ Health Depend on It
Bowman is a statistician and dean of a school of public health. Ayers is the director of a public health and civic engagement organization. As
November 1, 2024