As California swelters, the governor signed a package of bills aimed at protecting the state from extreme heat.
Officials credit the emergency alert sent Tuesday night for the avoidance of widespread blackouts during record-setting energy demands.to increase energy supplies and avoid rolling blackouts — power outages that would have threatened the well-being of Californians unable to avoid the extreme heat.
Joe Árvai, director of the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies at USC, said the bills are “welcome news” for Californians as heat continues to be“These policies are going to save people’s lives,” Árvai said. “To see a state like California stepping up when it comes to this kind of legislation sends a really important signal to people around the country and around the world.
In April, the Newsom administration released an Extreme Heat Action Plan designed to protect Californians. Recommendations included greening school yards; increasing the number of cooling centers; better coordination and targeting of public messaging, particularly for underserved communities; and planting more trees in urban areas that lack shade.
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