More than 15,000 structures in Los Angeles could be deadly to their inhabitants in an earthquake. And because they’re almost all affordable housing, a quake would in effect wipe out the opportunities for thousands of low-income people in the city. Now a city ordinance will force landlords to make the necessary improvements. But protecting the water supply? That’s another story.

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