CA AB429

Requires the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission to identify funding by January 1, 2021 for creating an inventory of potentially seismically vulnerable buildings using federal grants and General Fund money.

Requires the commission to develop a request for proposal process by July 1, 2021 to hire a third-party contractor to create a statewide inventory or survey of vulnerable buildings.

Defines "potentially vulnerable buildings" as structures built before 1976 with unreinforced masonry or nonductile concrete systems, or buildings approved under 1995 or earlier California Building Code with specific structural deficiencies, excluding residential units of one to four dwellings and government-owned buildings.

Requires the third-party contractor and commission to develop the statewide inventory by July 1, 2022 covering 29 specified counties using building age, permit records, tax assessor data, census information, and other existing data sources.

Requires the commission to report to the Legislature every three years until January 1, 2029 on inventory findings and recommendations for reducing vulnerable buildings statewide, contingent on obtaining sufficient funding.