{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-19180","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 19180","heading":"","body":"The Legislature finds and declares that:\n(a) It is generally accepted that various areas of the state will experience moderate and severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future.\n(b) A serious threat to life and property resulting from these earthquakes is the threat of fire resulting from earthquake damage.\n(c) In order to mitigate, as much as possible, the effects of a major earthquake, including fire resulting from an earthquake, local governments should be authorized to adopt ordinances requiring installation of earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices in buildings.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 13. HOUSING [17000. - 19997.]","PART 3. MISCELLANEOUS [19000. - 19892.]","CHAPTER 2. Earthquake Protection [19100. - 19217.]","ARTICLE 6. Seismic Gas Shutoff [19180. - 19183.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"de09e22e0b6400df8ce23ee32c60b63d30775ab73acf306e932c006a32659ed5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-19170","next":"us-ca/hsc-19181"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}