California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a first-of-its-kind heat wave ranking bill to address the state's dangerous extreme heat events.
Recommendations on thresholds or triggers for public policies that lower extreme heat’s impacts to human healthLara said it’s not yet clear what the ranking system will look like. “We don't want to be overly prescriptive in the actual law, we want to allow for the experts to be able to come up with a system that's going to make sense in California,” he said.
The bill is part of the Arsht-Rock Resilience Center's efforts to pilot categorizing heat waves in parts of the U.S. and Europe."People do not have to die from heat, and this groundbreaking legislation goes a long way toward protecting 40 million Californians," McLeod said. California's lower-income communities get disproportionately hit with extreme heat's affects, said assembly member and bill coauthor Luz Rivas in a statement. She added the system will ensure Californians get properly notified of the severity of upcoming heat-related weather events.Heat waves are the deadliest natural disasters we face. What makes them so dangerous
"We see the impacts to crumbling infrastructure, human health and air quality, and to be able to say California is leading the world in fighting climate change and the deadly effects of extreme heat is something to be really proud of," Lara told USA TODAY.Newsom signed three other heat-related bills into California law: requires California’s Department of Public Health to research extreme heat’s adverse health effects on people shortly before they give birth or just after pregnancy.
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