Seismic safety in UC and CSU buildings: React and Act

Several people and departments are involved in making decisions about which construction projects get first priority for funding – from directors of physical planning and facilities at the campus, to facilities chiefs at the system level, to the state Legislature in Sacramento.

Read more about seismic safety policies and the decision-making process in the California State University and the University of California systems:

CSU Seismic Policy Manual: http://calstate.edu/cpdc/ae/Seismic/CSU_Seismic_Policy_Manual.pdf

CSU Seismic Review Board Directory: http://calstate.edu/cpdc/ae/Seismic/SRB_Directory.pdf

CSU Retrofit Priority List 2010: http://calstate.edu/cpdc/ae/seismic/Seismic_Retro_Priority_2.pdf

UC Seismic Policies: http://www.ucop.edu/facil/resg/seismic-safety/welcome.html

UC Berkeley Seismic Action plan for Facilities Enhancement and Renewal (SAFER Program): http://berkeley.edu/administration/facilities/safer/index.html

UC Five-Year Capital Program, 2009-2015: http://budget.ucop.edu/capital/200915/2009-15BudgetforSNSCapitalImprovements.pdf

 

Discussion questions:

Should universities use state construction money to build new buildings or expand old ones when they still have occupied, seismically hazardous structures to fix?

How important is it that the most hazardous buildings in the system be addressed first?

Should the Legislature provide more state construction funding to speed up repairs?

Should universities tap unrestricted endowment income to fund seismic projects?

 

Contact key decision-makers:

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau

510.642-7464

chancellor@berkeley.edu

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block

310.825-2151

chancellor@ucla.edu

UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang

805.893-2231

henry.yang@chancellor.ucsb.edu

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi

530.752-2065

chancellor@ucdavis.edu

UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann

415.476-2405

sue.hellmann@ucsf.edu

UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake

949.824-5111

chancellor@uci.edu

UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox

858.534-3135

chancellor@ucsd.edu

UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy P. White

951.827-5201

timothy.white@ucr.edu

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George R. Blumenthal

831.459-2058

chancellor@ucsc.edu

Cal Poly Pomona President J. Michael Ortiz

909.869-2290

jmo@csupomona.edu

San Francisco State University President Robert A. Corrigan

415.338-1381

corrigan@sfsu.edu

San Jose State University President Jon Whitmore

408.924-1199

Jon.Whitmore@sjsu.edu

CSU Los Angeles President James M. Rosser

323.343-3030

jrosser@cslanet.calstatela.edu

CSU Long Beach President F. King Alexander

562.985-4121

csulb-president@csulb.edu

CSU Channel Islands President Richard R. Rush

805.437-8410

richard.rush@csuci.edu

CSU Bakersfield President Horace Mitchell

661.654-2241

hmitchell@csub.edu

CSU East Bay President Mohammad (Mo) Qayoumi

510.885-3877

Mo.Qayoumi@csueastbay.edu

CSU Stanislaus President Hamid Shirvani

209.667-3201

President@csustan.edu

CSU Chico President Paul J. Zingg

530.898-5201

pzingg@csuchico.edu

CSU Fresno President John D. Welty

559.278-2324

johnw@csufresno.edu

Humboldt State University President Rollin C. Richmond

707.826-3311

rollinr@humboldt.edu

CSU Dominguez Hills President Mildred García

310.243-3301

president@csudh.edu

Sacramento State University President Alexander Gonzalez

916.278-7737

alexg@csus.edu

San Diego State University President Stephen L. Weber

619.594-5201

presidents.office@sdsu.edu

California State University Chief of Architecture and Engineering
Thomas Kennedy

562.951-4129

tkennedy@calstate.edu

California State Assembly Committee on Higher Education members:

Anthony J. Portantino - Chair

916.319-2044

Assemblymember.Portantino@assembly.ca.gov

Marty Block

916.319-2078

Assemblymember.Block@assembly.ca.gov

Paul Cook

916.319-2065

Assemblymember.Cook@assembly.ca.gov

Paul Fong

916.319-2022

Assemblymember.Fong@assembly.ca.gov

Cathleen Galgiani

916.319-2017

Assemblymember.Galgiani@assembly.ca.gov

Alyson Huber

916.319-2010

Assemblymember.huber@assembly.ca.gov

Fiona Ma

916.319-2012

Assemblymember.Ma@assembly.ca.gov

Ira Ruskin

916.319-2021

Assemblymember.Ruskin@assembly.ca.gov

California State Senate Education Committee

Senator Gloria Romero, Chair

916.651-4024

Senator.Romero@sen.ca.gov

Senator Robert Huff, Vice-Chair

916.651-4029

Senator.Huff@senate.ca.gov

Senator Elaine Alquist

916.651-4013

senator.alquist@sen.ca.gov

Senator Loni Hancock

916.651-4009

senator.Hancock@sen.ca.gov

Senator Carol Liu

916.651-4021

senator.Liu@sen.ca.gov

Senator Abel Maldonado

916.651-4015

senator.maldonado@sen.ca.gov

Senator Curren Price

916.651-4026

senator.price@senate.ca.gov

Senator Joe Simitian

916.651-4011

senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov

Senator Mark Wyland

916.651-4038

Senator.Wyland@sen.ca.gov

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