$3,000 Rebate For Watsonville Residents

WATSONVILLE, CA — If your home was built before 1979 it is probably eligible for the Earthquake Brace + Bolt program. The program awards up to $3,000 to homeowners to pay for the costs of retrofitting their homes to withstand a major earthquake.

Specifically, eligible homes "aren’t bolted to their foundations, are built atop a crawl space and have unbraced 'cripple walls' surrounding that crawl space." Typically, it takes one to three days to retrofit a home at a cost of $3,000 - $7,000. The entire cost of the retrofit could conceivably be covered by the rebate.

You must live in zip codes 95076 to qualify.

Applications for the program are due by Feb. 27.

Participating homeowners will be selected by a random drawing. All qualifying homeowners who registered will either be selected to participate or put on a wait list.

Apply online now