As Los Angeles continues to experience more frequent heat waves, the heat officer will work across city departments to help create an early-warning system for heat waves and develop long-term strategies to reduce heat exposure
would create the nation’s first warning system for heat waves, just as existing systems warn of other natural disasters, such as wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
There are two goals. The first is changes to the system — the services and the infrastructure of the city. The other is education and awareness — that people know that extreme heat is more serious so they can take steps to protect themselves.What are heat-related illnesses and how are they treated? Are they preventable or inevitable? We talked to health experts for the answers.
Q: You will be working to reduce heat-related hospitalizations and deaths, as well as working with different city agencies to implement a heat action plan. How will that work?The other approach is through public works. For example, installing more shade structures, more kiosks, especially for metro and bus transportation furniture. They’re also installing more hydration stations.
Landlords are less likely to invest in heat pumps or other air conditioning systems because that would only raise the rent, and the rent would displace individuals. So we need a policy in the city of L.A. that prevents displacement and helps in some ways to subsidize those low-income housing units or find financing structures that allow landlords to be able to invest and keep our families healthy and safe.
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