[jbaudanza]

So, is this thing going to fall over and kill everyone or what? Someone with engineering experience, please explain why this is hyperbolic and downvote me away.

I don't know anything about construction. But I do know that bureaucrats love to kick the can down the road, rather than deal with things directly. In this case, that would mean forcing some of San Francisco's wealthiest, and most-influential to demolish their luxury homes.