'Ranking heat waves will be a powerful new tool to protect all Californians,' Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.
by Assemblywoman Luz Rivas that would require the state to devise a"a statewide extreme heat ranking system" no later than Jan. 1, 2025. The bill's text says the system — which would be the first in the nation for heat waves — should be modeled after"red flag" warnings for wildfires, as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's naming and ranking system for hurricanes and tropical storms.
"Ranking heat waves will be a powerful new tool to protect all Californians alongside Governor Gavin Newsom’s Extreme Heat Action Plan,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. “I applaud the Governor’s and the bill’s joint authors’ continued leadership on these necessary extreme heat investments and policies that will save lives and close the protection gap for our most at-risk communities as we face more heat waves in the years ahead.
The system could use any number of ranking conventions. During the first year of the COVD-19 pandemic, California by level of community transmission, and the state already uses the National Weather Service's conventions for wildfire risk. The NOAA's hurricane ranking scale classifies the weakest hurricanes as Category 1 and the strongest as Category 5.
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