On June 29 , 2008 , the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opened and became fully operational , replacing the older facilities across the street . The older hospital complex had suffered moderate interior structural damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake . Because numerous hospitals in the area were severely damaged during the Northridge earthquake and injured people had to be transported long distances for emergency care , the state of California passed SB1953 , an amendment to an older law requiring all hospitals to move their acute care and intensive care units into earthquake-resistant buildings by 2008
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center