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California Geological Survey
  655 South Hope Street, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3211
(213) 239-0878
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  Building 3, Room 504
345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 883-8300

REFERENCES
 
Home Strengthening

Strengthening Wood Frame Houses for Earthquake Safety - Bay
      Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project. Association of
      Bay Area Governments, P.O. Box 2050, Oakland, CA 94604  


Introduction to Earthquake Retrofitting - Builder Education Center,
      912 Page Street, Berkeley, CA 94710


Earthquake: Home Safe Home - Builder Education Center, 912 Page
     Street, Berkeley, CA 94710


The Home Builder's Guide for Earthquake Design - Applied
      Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 270,
      Redwood City, CA 94065


Earthquake Ready - Virginia Kimball, Roundtable Publishing Inc.,
      Santa Monica, CA


Surviving the Big One: How to Prepare for a Major Earthquake -
      KCET Video available at many video stores.


Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country - Peter Yanev, Chronicle Books,
      275 5th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103


Quake - Sunset Magazine, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025


The Homeowner's Guide to Earthquake Safety - Seismic Safety
      Commission, 1900 K Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95814-4186


Geologic Hazards
Earthquake Planning Scenario for a Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in Southern California - James Davis and others, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 60 - California Division of Mines and Geology, Department of Conservation, 801 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814


Planning Scenario for a Major Earthquake on the Newport-Inglewood      Fault Zone (Los Angeles and Orange Counties) - T. Toppozada and others, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology

 Special Publication 99 - California Division of Mines and Geology, Department of Conservation, 801 K Street, Sacramento, CA      95814


Fault-rupture Hazard Zones in California - James Davis and others,
      California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and
      Geology Special Publication 42 - California Division of Mines
      and Geology, Department of Conservation, 801 K Street,
       Sacramento, CA 95814


Living on the Fault II: A Field Guide to the Visible Evidence of the San      Andreas Fault - Bay Area Regional Preparedness Project, Association
      of Bay Area Governments, PO Box 2050, Oakland, CA 94604


Earthquakes - Bruce Bolt, W. H. Freeman & Co., New York


Emergency Planning at Home
Earthquake Survival Guide: Emergency Planning for Family, Home,      Workplace, and School by Fryar Calhoun - Magnet Press, PO Box 3580,      Berkeley, CA 94703


Earthquake Preparation for Office, Home, Family, and Community by Libby      Lafferty - Lafferty and Associates, PO Box 1026, La Canada, Ca 91011


Safety and Survival in an Earthquake - American Red Cross, 2700 Wilshire      Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057


Hiring a Home Inspector, Architect, Engineer, or Contractor
What You Should Know Before You Hire A Contractor - Contractors' State      License Board, PO Box 26000, Sacramento, CA 95826


Consumer's Guide to Hiring an Architect - California Board of Architectural      Examiners, Box 944258, Sacramento, CA 95814-6238


A Consumer's Guide to Engineering and Land Surveying Services -
     Board
of Registration, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors,
      1428 Howe Avenue, Suite 56, Sacramento, CA 95825


Consulting Engineers Association of California - Call (800) 442-2322 for
      a referral list of engineers.


California Real Estate Inspection Association, 2150 River Plaza Drive,      Sacramento, CA 95833-3880 - Call (800) 479-7342 for a pamphlet on
      house inspection services


American Society of Home Inspectors - Call (800) 821-6046 for a referral
      list of home inspectors.


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