What's the Field Act?

Johnson explains how a devastating earthquake in 1933 leveled dozens of schools in the Long Beach area. The catastrophe led to the creation of a new law called the Field Act, which set strict standards for school construction projects. More than 75 years later, is the Field Act being enforced? Learn more at http://californiawatch.org/earthquakes.

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