Credits - Liability of Businesses for Earthquake Hazards and Losses
Principal Authors - 2004 Update

Kenneth Moy - Legal Counsel - Association of Bay Area Governments
Jeanne B. Perkins - Earthquake Program Manager, Association of Bay Area Governments
Principal Authors - Original 1984 Reports

Kenneth Moy - Legal Counsel - Association of Bay Area Governments
Jeanne B. Perkins - Earthquake Program Manager, Association of Bay Area Governments

ABAG Management (2004)
Eugene Y. Leong - Executive Director
Gerald Raycraft - Planning Director
Earthquake Hazard Outreach Review Committee (2004)

Nancy Nadel - Committee Chair - Vice Mayor, City of Oakland
Scott Anderson / Tom Anderson - Anderson-Niswander Construction
Coleen Bell - City of Oakland Fire Department / Office of Emergency Services
Jack Boatwright - Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
David Bonowitz - Structural Engineer
Pat Buscovich - Structural Engineer, Pat Buscovich and Associates
Arrieta Chakos - Chief of Staff, Office of the City Manager, Berkeley
Howard Cook - Bay Area Retrofit Construction
Dave Johnson / Jim Curtis - Oakland Commerce Corporation
Stephan Kiefer - Building Official, City of Livermore
Keith Knudsen - Geologist, California Geological Survey
Laurence Kornfield / Zan Turner - Dept. of Building Inspection, City & County of San Francisco
Dan Lunsford - Emergency Services Manager, City of San Leandro
James Russell - Codes Consultant
Doug Sandy / Amy Gaver - American Red Cross - Bay Area
William Schock - Building Official, City of San Leandro
Fred Turner - Structural Engineer, California Seismic Safety Commission
Frannie Winslow / Earl Stevens - Office of Emergency Services, City of San Jose
ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. This information is based on a two-year research effort that resulted in the 1984 ABAG report, "Liability of Private Businesses for Earthquake Hazards and Losses," including an Executive Summary, a Guidebook, and a Background volume. The research effort that forms the basis for this information was funded by the National Science Foundation's Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program, as well as by ABAG. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors of these reports and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies. None of these materials constitute legal or engineering advice to the reader. Please consult your own attorney or engineer for advice on a specific situation or facility. The information contained on these pages was reviewed for accuracy based on 2004 laws and case laws in 2004. This page was last updated 4/13/04 by jbp.