Community Outreach Guide 2022-09-07

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FREE marketing materials to help
promote the EBB Program

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Abbreviated Program Rules Highlights

The Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) Program helps homeowners lessen
the potential for damage to their houses during an earthquake. Monetary
grants are provided to assist qualified homeowners in completing a seismic
retrofit to help reduce (but not eliminate) damage or collapse in the event
of an earthquake.

Full Program Highlights, Rules and Terms of Use are posted on the
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com website.

These Program Rules include, but are not limited to:

• Homeowner must live in the house as their primary residence and be
the owner of record.

• The house must be located within one of the ZIP Codes designated by EBB.
• The house must meet the structural requirements of the California Existing

Building Code (CEBC), Chapter A3 retrofit which is done completely in the crawl
space around the perimeter of the foundation.
• The house must not have a completed Chapter A3 brace and bolt retrofit before
being accepted into EBB.
• The building permit must be received and dated after acceptance into EBB.
• If a homeowner chooses to hire a contractor to do the EBB retrofit, the
contractor must be listed on the EBB Contractor Directory.
• The house must successfully pass a final inspection by a local building inspector,
confirming the retrofit was done in accordance with CEBC Chapter A3.

For the EBB Supplemental Grant Program:

A Supplemental Grant (SG) to help income-eligible households pay up to 100 percent of
the cost to seismically retrofit their homes may be available. An “income-eligible household”
has an annual income at or below $72,080.

• Ineligibility for or withdrawal from the SG does not preclude a Participating
Homeowner from receiving an EBB grant for up to $3,000 on an eligible

$$ code-compliant seismic retrofit.
• Participating Homeowners that are eligible to receive a SG may submit for
reimbursement for the cost of one (1) contractor bid/estimate up to $250
and the full cost of the permit at the time those costs are incurred.

www.EarthquakeBraceBolt.com

Greetings,

Registration for the 2022 Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) program will be open in your community,
and we are asking for your help to spread the word. Homeowners will be able to register from
October 18 through November 29, 2022 for a grant of up to $3,000 to be used toward a
code-compliant seismic retrofit to make their houses more resistant to earthquake damage.

This year, once again we also are offering grants specifically for income-eligible households
with an annual income of $72,080 or less. These supplementary grants, combined with the
$3,000 EBB grant, will be able to provide up to 100% OF THE FUNDS needed to help
strengthen houses for vulnerable populations. Grants are contingent upon
meeting eligibility requirements and available funds.

We developed this Community Outreach Kit and free marketing REGISTRATION
materials—available digitally and as hard copies—to make it easy to IS NOW OPEN!
promote the EBB program. The Kit includes samples of the following tools:
See if your house qualifies for up to a $3,000
seismic retrofit grant.

For More Para más 如需更多信息
Information información
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com

• Suggested copy for social media posts, social networks whSeignnreu(Sgpeiestboterloabwteifoornndoetrtaeiilfs-i.e)odpens
(like Nextdoor), newsletter articles and outreach emails
Receive up to $3,000 toward Supplemental Grants
• Digital assets for posting on your website or social media posts an Earthquake Retrofit Available
and linking to EarthquakeBraceBolt.com Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) helps homeowners lessen EBB is offering a Supplemental
the potential for damage during an earthquake. EBB offers Grant to help income-eligible
• One-sheet overview handout about the EBB program available up to $3,000 toward a code-compliant seismic retrofit for households pay up to 100 percent
in multiple languages houses that qualify.
of the cost to seismically retrofit
• Postcard that can be customized with your logo and return address A Brace and Bolt Retrofit
• Press Release that provides EBB information and quotes In an EBB retrofit, the foundation is bolted, and if there is a their homes. Income-eligible is
• PowerPoint presentation for your community meetings cripple wall, it is braced.
• Bolting: adding anchor bolts in the crawl space to help defined as a household with an

prevent the home from sliding. annual income at or below
• Bracing: adding plywood to the cripple walls to stiffen
$72,080.
them and help prevent the home from collapsing.
Sign up for EBB Updates
NEW ELEMENTS MAKE UP A SEISMIC RETROFIT Go to EarthquakeBraceBolt.com
to see if your house qualifies and
FLOOR JOISTS CRAWL SPACE NEW sign up to be notified when and
CRIPPLE FRAMING where registration re-opens.
WALL CLIPS
STUDS A permit must not be issued before
NEW you have been accepted into the
PLYWOOD program, and retrofit construction
work must not begin before being
FOUNDATION NEW WOOD notified by EBB that your pre-retrofit
BLOCKING documents have been approved.

GROUND NEW VENT HOLES NEW ANCHOR BOLTS

Houses that qualify, typically: RETROFITS EBB has helped
• Are built before 1980 (but are more prevalent before 1940); more than 17,000
• Have a raised continuous perimeter concrete foundation; MINIMIZING EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE homeowners
• Sit on level ground or a low-slope; and seismically retrofit
• May have wood-framed walls (called cripple walls) in the ONE AT A TIME their older house.
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com EBB is working to
crawl space under the first floor. create more resilient
communities, one
house at a time.

EarthquakeBraceBolt.com

To access the full Community Outreach Kit, go to EBBTools.com. There you can download
the digital assets or order printed copies of the marketing materials, free of charge.

About the Earthquake Brace + Bolt Program
Launched in 2013 by the California Earthquake Authority and California Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services, EBB is committed to helping homeowners strengthen older homes and
so far has facilitated more than 17,000 retrofits across the state.

Historically, retrofits were often incomplete and not based on a uniform best-practice building
code (such as the one that exists today). The consequences of an improper retrofit can be
devastating. The crawl space may be vulnerable to collapse possibly causing the home to slide
off its foundation.

Homeowners can get more information about EBB at www.EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.
Please contact us if you’d like a presentation about the program.
Webinars will be offered in October and November.

Thank you,

Janiele Maffei, S.E. Scan to learn
Executive Director more about EBB
Earthquake Brace + Bolt
(877) 232-4300
[email protected]

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Social Media Posts and Images

Please help us promote registration for the 2022 Earthquake Brace + Bolt
Program online, including through social media, newsletters and on your
website. Registration for the program will be open October 18 through
November 29, 2022. Below is suggested copy and images for your social
media posts, social networks (like Nextdoor), newsletter articles and
outreach emails. Copy is also available in Spanish and Simplified Chinese.

Social media posts to use now through October 18, 2022.

• Don’t let your life get shaken up by an earthquake. Strengthen your home
with the help of up to a $3,000 EBB seismic retrofit grant. Supplemental
Grants are also available. Registration opens October 18. See if your
house qualifies at EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

• YOU could get $3,000 for an EBB seismic retrofit to strengthen your home
and protect your family! Supplemental Grants are also available. Registration
opens October 18. See if your house qualifies at EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

• You’ve invested a lifetime into your home. See if your house qualifies for up to a
$3,000 EBB seismic retrofit grant to protect your investment from earthquake
damage. Supplemental Grants are also available. Registration opens October 18.
Learn more at EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

Download these and more posts on EBBTools.com.

Social Media posts for use between October 18, 2022—November 29, 2022.

• Shake. Rattle. ENROLL! Homeowners can now apply for up to a $3,000
EBB seismic retrofit grant. Supplemental Grants are also available. Register
at EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

• Do you own your home? Was it built before 1980? Does it have a raised
foundation? If it’s located in one of 521 eligible ZIP Codes, you could get up to

FEMA $3,000 for a seismic retrofit to strengthen your home and protect your family.
Supplemental Grants are also available. Find out if you’re eligible and apply today!
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

• Hey, [INSERT CITY, COMMUNITY NAME]! Your home could be
eligible for a $3,000 EBB seismic retrofit grant to help protect you
and your family from earthquake damage. Supplemental Grants are
also available. Apply today at EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

Download these and more posts on EBBTools.com.

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social media copy
and images

Newsletter Copy and Digital Assets

Newsletter/Outreach Email Copy:

HEADLINE: You could get up to $3,000 in grant funding to help BEFORE
prepare for “The Big One”. Supplemental grants are also available for
income-eligible homeowners

Are you ready for “The Big One”? Right now, more than 1.2 million homes
in high-seismic-hazard areas of California are particularly vulnerable to
earthquake damage because of the way they were constructed.

The Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) program offers eligible homeowners

grants up to $3,000 to help offset the cost of seismic retrofits that brace

the cripple walls of older homes, when present, and bolt the houses AFTER
to their foundations. Income-eligible homeowners also may apply for

supplemental grants that could provide up to 100 percent of the retrofit costs.

Homeowners can apply for grants online during the registration period,
which extends from October 18 through November 29, 2022. Thanks to
additional funding from FEMA that is administered by Cal OES, EBB grants
will be available to homeowners in 521 ZIP Codes this year. To date, more than
FEMA 17,000 Californians have retrofitted their homes with grant funding from EBB.

Learn more, find out if you qualify and register at EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

Additional images to post on your website or social media

RETROFITS

MINIMIZING EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE

ONE AT A TIME

EarthquakeBraceBolt.com

$3,000 Grants Available

Images are available for download
at EBBTools.com.

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additional digital
assets

Printed Material, Press Release and
Sharable PowerPoint

Appalyndb(SeeNetwboevleo.we2fno9r d,Oe2tac0ilst2..) 218 2022 PROGRAM AREAS*

New program areas for 2022 in red
(*Eligibility is solely based on ZIP Code, not city or neighborhood.)

NORTHERN CA

Receive up to $3,000 toward Supplemental Grants Alameda Castro Valley Half Moon Bay Mountain View Richmond Scotia REGISTRATION
an Earthquake Retrofit Available Alamo Colma Hayward Napa Rio Dell Scotts Valley IS NOW OPEN!
EBB is offering a Supplemental Albany Concord Healdsburg Newark Rodeo Sebastopol
Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) helps homeowners lessen Grant to help income-eligible Alviso Crescent City Hillsborough Oakland Salinas Sonoma
the potential for damage during an earthquake. EBB offers households pay up to 100 percent Aptos Crockett Hollister Occidental San Anselmo Soquel
up to $3,000 toward a code-compliant seismic retrofit for of the cost to seismically retrofit Arcata Cupertino Inverness Orinda San Bruno South San
houses that qualify. their homes. Income-eligible is Aromas Daly City La Honda Pacifica San Carlos Francisco
defined as a household with an Atherton Danville Lafayette Palo Alto San Francisco Sunnyvale
A Brace and Bolt Retrofit annual income at or below Bay Point Dillon Beach Laytonville Penngrove San Jose Sunol
In an EBB retrofit, the foundation is bolted, and if there is a $72,080. Bayside El Cerrito Loleta Permanente San Juan Bautista Trinidad
cripple wall, it is braced. Belmont El Sobrante Los Altos Petrolia San Leandro Ukiah
• Bolting: adding anchor bolts in the crawl space to help Ben Lomond Emeryville Los Gatos Petaluma San Lorenzo Union City
Benicia Eureka McKinleyville Piedmont San Martin Vallejo
prevent the home from sliding. Berkeley Fairfax Mendocino Pinole San Mateo Walnut Creek
• Bracing: adding plywood to the cripple walls to stiffen Blue Lake Felton Menlo Park Pittsburg San Pablo Watsonville
Bodega Bay Ferndale Mill Valley Pleasanton San Rafael Willits
them and help prevent the home from collapsing. Bolinas Fort Bragg Millbrae Point Reyes Santa Clara Windsor
Boulder Creek Fortuna Milpitas Station Santa Cruz Woodside
NEW ELEMENTS MAKE UP A SEISMIC RETROFIT Brisbane Foster City Monta Vista Portola Valley Santa Rosa
Burlingame Fremont Morgan Hill Redwood City Saratoga See if your house qualifies for up to a $3,000
Campbell Gilroy Mount Hamilton Redwood Valley Sausalito seismic retrofit grant.

SOUTHERN CA

Register for EBB: Alhambra Corona Hemet Lynwood Pearblossom Simi Valley For More Para más 如需更多信息
Go to EarthquakeBraceBolt.com Altadena Coronado Hermosa Beach Lytle Creek Pico Rivera South El Monte Information información
FLOOR JOISTS CRAWL SPACE NEW between October 18 and Anaheim Covina Highland Manhattan Beach Playa Del Rey South Gate EarthquakeBraceBolt.com
CRIPPLE FRAMING November 29, 2022. Create an Arcadia Crestline Huntington Park Maywood Pomona South Pasadena
WALL CLIPS online account and answer questions Azusa Culver City Indio Mentone Quartz Hill Sun Valley
STUDS for an opportunity to participate. Baldwin Hills Desert Hot Inglewood Mission Hills Redlands Sunland
NEW Participants will be randomly selected. Baldwin Park Springs Irwindale Monrovia Redondo Beach Sylmar
PLYWOOD A permit must not be issued before Banning Diamond Bar La Cañada Montclair Reseda Taft
you have been accepted into the Beaumont Dockweiler Flintridge Montebello Rialto Tarzana
FOUNDATION NEW WOOD program, and retrofit construction Bell Gardens Downey La Crescenta Montecito Riverside Temple City
BLOCKING work must not begin before being Bellflower Duarte La Habra Monterey Park Rosemead Torrance
notified by EBB that your pre-retrofit Beverly Hills Eastvale La Habra Heights Newhall Running Springs Tujunga
GROUND NEW VENT HOLES NEW ANCHOR BOLTS documents have been approved. Bloomington El Centro La Verne North Hills San Bernardino Upland REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Burbank El Monte Lake Arrowhead North Hollywood San Diego Valley Glen
Calimesa El Segundo Lake Balboa Northridge San Dimas Valley Village for a limited time Oct 18 – Nov 29, 2022
Carpintera Fillmore Lake Elsinore Norwalk San Fernando Van Nuys
Houses that qualify, typically: RETROFITS EBB has helped Carson Firestone Park Lake Los Angeles Ojai San Gabriel Venice EBB was created to help homeowners lessen the damage caused by 801 K Street, Suite 1000
• Are built before 1980 (but are more prevalent before 1940); more than 17,000 Cathedral City Fontana Lakewood Ontario San Jacinto Ventura earthquakes. Your house may qualify for an EBB grant if it is: Sacramento, CA 95814
• Have a raised continuous perimeter concrete foundation; MINIMIZING EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE homeowners Cedarpines Park Forest Falls Lancaster Oxnard San Marino View Park
• Sit on level ground or a low-slope; and seismically retrofit Chatsworth Frazier Park Lawndale Pacific Palisades San Pedro Walnut
• May have wood-framed walls (called cripple walls) in the ONE AT A TIME their older house. Cherry Valley Fullerton Leimert Park Pacoima Santa Barbara Watts
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com EBB is working to Chino Gardena Leona Valley Palm Desert Santa Clarita West Hollywood
crawl space under the first floor. create more resilient Claremont Glendale Littlerock Palm Springs Santa Margarita Westchester
communities, one Coachella Glendora Loma Linda Palmdale Santa Monica Whittier
house at a time. Colton Goleta Lomita Panorama City Santa Paula Wilmington
Commerce Granada Hills Long Beach Paramount Sherman Oaks Wrightwood
Compton Hawthorne Los Angeles Pasadena Sierra Madre Yucaipa

*For a complete list of 2022 EBB ZIP Codes, go to • In an EBB • Built before • Owner- • On a raised
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com ZIP Code 1980 occupied foundation

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Supplemental Grant to help
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created by the CEA and Cal OES. CRMP is a legally separate entity from its members. (877) 232-4300 • [email protected] up to 100% of the cost to
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An “income-eligible household”
Overview of 2022 Program Image provided by FEMA is defined as a household with
One-sheet overview (front and back) of EBB program income at or below $72,080.
Available in English, Spanish and Chinese These grants are based on
available funds.

Visit www.EarthquakeBraceBolt.com to see if your house qualifies.

Homeowners will be randomly selected and notified. To qualify
for the retrofit grant, homeowners must not apply for a permit
until they have been accepted into the program. Retrofit work
must not start until the homeowner has been approved by EBB.
For complete program rules, visit
EarthquakeBraceBolt.com/What-is-EBB/Program-Rules.

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HOMEOWNERS CAN APPLY FOR UP TO $3,000 EBB Press Release Shareable Postcard
IN SEISMIC RETROFIT GRANTS A press release with a Postcard with information about
description of the EBB EBB for homeowners
Registration Opens October 18 and continues through November 29 program, information
Income-Eligible Homeowners May Qualify for Supplemental G
rants about the 2022 open Creating Resilient
registration and quotes Communities
Program Expands to 521 ZIP Codes is available at 
EBBTools.com. Earthquake Brace + Bolt
Sacramento, Calif.—More California homeowners will be eligible for up to $3,000 in seismic
retrofit grants through Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB), a program jointly administered by the Minimizing Earthquake Damage
California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. One House at a Time
The grants help offset the cost of seismic retrofits that brace the cripple walls of older homes, when
present, and bolt houses to their foundations, making them less vulnerable to earthquake damage. ™
®
Eligible homeowners can apply online for grants during the registration period, October 18
through November 29, 2022. Thanks to additional FEMA funding that is administered by Cal OES, EBB PowerPoint 
EBB grants will be available to homeowners in 521 ZIP Codes in more than 270 cities and PowerPoint presentation that
communities. The EBB program added ZIP Codes in new areas including, but not limited to, includes an overview of the
San Diego, Concord, Santa Cruz, Northridge and Ontario. 2022 EBB program for community
meetings or distribution is available
Income-eligible homeowners may also qualify for available supplemental grants. The amounts for download at EBBTools.com.
vary depending on the region and type of retrofit completed. These supplemental grants,
which are available for households with an income at or below $72,080, may be able to provide
up to 100% of the funds needed to cover a seismic retrofit. Grants are contingent upon meeting
eligibility requirements and available funds.

“EBB’s growth is helping more California homeowners prepare for the next big earthquake by
offsetting the cost of completing a seismic retrofit,” said Janiele Maffei, chief mitigation officer of
CEA and executive director of EBB. “The EBB program can help Californians protect their families,
their homes and their investments, and we encourage homeowners in EBB ZIP Codes to apply for
funding during the registration period this fall.”

According to CEA, more than 1.2 million houses in high-hazard areas are particularly vulnerable
to earthquakes because of the way they were constructed. These homes are typically built before
1980, are wood framed with a raised foundation and may have a cripple wall in the crawl space
under the house. Since 2014 when the first EBB retrofit was completed, EBB grants have helped
more than 17,000 homeowners retrofit their houses.

“Older homes are particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage, so it’s important that homeowners
in high-seismic-hazard areas take proactive steps to reduce the risk of their home slipping off
its foundation,” said CEA CEO Glenn Pomeroy. “CEA is committed to supporting California
homeowners through education, mitigation and insurance, and we’re particularly proud to offer
supplemental grants to help income-eligible Californians complete seismic retrofits.”

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Digital Assets
Post registration information and creative
on your social media accounts and link
to EarthquakeBraceBolt.com for easy
homeowner registration.

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of the above items

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