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mopardude318 said
Thank you. I originally planned to have that all open in the front but I didn’t realize the need for that sheer strength! I’m not a carpenter! :) -I was thinking airplane hanger entrance.

A carpenter friend of mine said “no biggie, we can frame it into the building” So once we start framing it up, I will close in 3 feet on each side from the end there, and just drill into the slab to anchor the sill plates like you normally would without a stem wall.

So essentially I’ll have a 3 foot wide wall on each side in the front, tied in to the sides. This now makes my roll up door 20 ft wide.

Whatdoya think, will that work? LOL

yeah, that will work. Being that you're in CA, you don't have some of the drawbacks, that many of us have to deal with in the colder, wetter climates.
just an idea, but if you're drilling the slab anyway, why not roughen the slab too, use longer studs and epoxy them into the slab and pour the top of the stem wall with a construction joint and drill and epoxy rebar into the end of the stem wall to tie it all together.
Another reason to do that is if you want to "swab the deck" or pressure wash the slab, you don't have to worry about wetting the bottom plate of your shear walls.