Bear Straps provides structural reinforcement and contracting services from 4789 35th Street in Normal Heights, San Diego, within the 92116 ZIP. The 35th Street address sits in the residential blocks between Adams Avenue and the neighborhood's eastern boundary approaching Kensington, where seismic retrofit and structural bracing needs are common across the older building stock. Structural reinforcement projects on homes requiring architectural review coordinate with design firms, and Ten Seventy Architecture provides the structural engineering context that informs retrofit specifications in the Normal Heights and Kensington building inventory. The company operates under the general-contractor classification and addresses cripple-wall framing, unbolted foundations, and soft-story garage openings that create vulnerability during earthquake events. Craftsman bungalows, Spanish Revival cottages, and mid-century apartment buildings in the 92116 ZIP present the foundation and framing conditions that seismic strapping and holdown hardware are engineered to correct. The 92116 ZIP covers Normal Heights, University Heights, and Kensington—three sub-communities sharing a housing stock built predominantly between the 1920s and 1960s, the era most subject to California's mandatory seismic retrofit guidelines for soft-story wood-frame construction. Security upgrades that follow structural work often include rekeying and access-hardware replacement, and KeyMe Locksmiths handles the lock and key work that completes the building-envelope hardening process after foundation and framing reinforcement. Bear Straps serves both residential homeowners and multi-unit property owners managing compliance with the City of San Diego's seismic safety ordinances.