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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Feeling a little hotter last night \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area-weather\">across the Bay Area\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the National Weather Service, that’s because temperatures in interior areas surged up to 20 degrees from Tuesday night’s highs — the start of a fast-moving warming trend that will affect the region in the back half of the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overnight spike kicked off two days of heat expected to peak in the Bay Area on Thursday afternoon, bringing widespread highs in the 80s and even possible triple-digit temperatures in the Sacramento Valley and far Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the weather could feel like a stark departure from recent weeks, weather service meteorologist Dylan Flynn said highs will really only be slightly above average for early July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The swing from early in the week to where we are now is pretty notable for this area,” he told KQED. “It’s maybe 5 to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year, [but] since it’s been cooler than average for June and July, it will feel quite a bit warmer than it’s been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn said the Bay Area’s “natural air conditioning” — the cooling effects of the Pacific Ocean — has been in overdrive this year, thanks to a pocket of water just off the coast of California that’s a few degrees cooler than normal.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The phenomenon has led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997437/why-is-the-bay-area-so-chilly-compared-to-inland-california-blame-karl\">a stark divide to start the summer\u003c/a>, according to meteorologists and climate scientists: a coastal marine layer and cooler temperatures closer to the ocean, and near triple-digit heat in inland areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s been keeping the Bay Area fairly temperate, and aside from this week’s warm-up, the trend is expected to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t find any indications that we have a heat wave coming in July or August,” Flynn said. “That could still change, but right now it looks like this kind of near normal, maybe even a little below normal, is going to be the story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, inland parts of the Bay Area could see their hottest temperatures so far this summer because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043771/san-franciscos-summer-fog-is-sticking-around-and-creeping-further-inland\">marine layer that usually cools the region\u003c/a> is hugging close to the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that’s keeping highs on the west side of San Francisco, as well as coastal parts of the North Bay and Peninsula, in the upper 50s and low 60s, temperatures downtown and in inner neighborhoods of San Francisco could hit their summer peaks on Thursday, possibly getting into the high 70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interiors of other Bay Area counties will hit the 90-degree range, with Livermore and the coast of Sonoma County getting the most intense heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the bay, temperatures are expected to hit the 80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures will drop slightly on Friday, but the Bay Area is expected to settle into a more normal range — slightly warmer than the last few weeks — over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we get back to normal this weekend, for inland areas at least, it will feel warmer than it has,” Flynn said. Longer term, cool weather is expected to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Sacramento Valley and far north, hotter weather, and a moderate risk of heat-related illnesses, will persist through the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994574/bay-area-faces-another-heat-wave-this-week-as-fire-risk-rises\">Another heat wave is here, Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1841452245201850830\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#protect\">\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: Critical safety tips for extremely warm weather\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>High levels of heat can be particularly dangerous for people who work outdoors, or who don’t have adequate cooling in their homes. For Bay Area residents, many of whom are not adjusted to living with high heat, even temperatures in the high 80s can be potentially hazardous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those most vulnerable are older adults, infants and children — who don’t sweat as efficiently as younger adults. Other vulnerable populations include those with underlying conditions, such as heart and lung issues, asthma, obesity and diabetes. (And yes, pets are vulnerable too.) If the nights also remain unusually warm during a heat wave, people don’t cool down as readily during sleep. So heat continues to build up in their bodies day after day as temperatures rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=bf643abda876496db0b74dacc2620b53\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Source: National Weather Service\u003c/strong> | \u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#protect\">\u003cstrong>What you can do to protect yourself and loved ones in a heat wave\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#center\">Find a cooling center near you\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#work\">\u003cstrong>What to do if you’re working in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"risk\">\u003c/a>Why everyone is at risk from extreme weather and climate change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your body isn’t prepared for sudden heat spikes. It’s possible to get used to heat — but not overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes almost two weeks for your body to acclimate to the heat,” said Dr. Naveena Bobba, who directs public health emergency preparedness and response for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You don’t need triple-digit temperatures for heat to be a threat in the Bay Area.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even 85 degrees can be dangerous; in San Francisco, health officials say they start keeping an eye out when temperatures get that high. People who live in cooler climates can get heat-sick at lower temperatures, partly because they can’t adjust quickly. And when nighttime temperatures rise, it deprives people of the ability to cool down overnight — before temperatures heat up their bodies again the next day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where you live can make you more vulnerable to extreme heat.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Bay Area had a major heat wave in 2017, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1932903/extreme-heat-killed-14-people-in-the-bay-area-last-year-10-takeaways-from-our-investigation\">79% of people killed by heat began to get sick at home\u003c/a>. In Contra Costa and in Santa Clara counties, homes that had their temperature and humidity measured over a period of time became hotter inside than out, and held onto heat longer. At night, houses might be 15–20 degrees warmer inside than it is outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a problem for people who can’t afford or don’t have air-conditioning, says the Public Health Institute’s Linda Rudolph. “When the nighttime temperatures don’t go down, which is what’s increasingly happening with climate change, it’s harder for them to get that kind of physiological rest period,” Rudolph said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"protect\">\u003c/a>Here’s how you can keep yourself safe in a heat wave\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Drink lots of water. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“People lose huge amounts of fluid from their body when it’s hot. So the key message is drink, drink, drink — nonalcoholic, please,” said Dr. Gina Solomon, with the Public Health Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Check on your neighbors.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“During these unprecedented times, it’s most important that we’re neighborly and that we care for those who may be vulnerable to the impacts of [wildfire] smoke, heat and the virus,” said Dr. Rohan Radhakrishna, director of the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925065\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925065\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A girl and her father buy ice cream from an outdoor vendor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A father buys her daughter ice cream outside of Meadow Homes Elementary School in Concord, where the temperature rose to 108 degrees, on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Take cool baths or showers. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAn all-over drench is great, but there are other ways to cool down quickly, like freezing a bandana and putting it around your neck (efficient), or sticking your head inside the freezer (inefficient).[aside postID=news_11776602 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/ElderlyWoman-1020x680.jpg']Cooling your body’s pulse points, including behind your neck, inside your elbows, and behind your knees, can bring quick relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Become familiar with the signs of heat illness.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nHeat exhaustion happens when your body has lost too much water and salt. You may notice symptoms such as cramps, headache, nausea, tiredness or dizziness. Heatstroke happens when your body can no longer control its temperature, and your core temperature begins to rise. You may have a throbbing headache, nausea, confusion or hot, dry skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/EPO/pages/bi_natural-disasters_extreme-heat_tips-for-treating-heat-related-illness.aspx\">This guide from the state department of public health\u003c/a> has the lowdown, with special sections for older people, infants and pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AVOID: Alcohol and caffeine. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOr at the very least, know that you still need to drink water to offset them. That’s because they’re both potent diuretics: That is, they cause you to urinate. “That reduces your body water,” Solomon said. “You might think that drinking alcohol or drinking a lot of coffee would be helpful, but it’s less helpful than you think.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AND: If there’s a wildfire and you’re choosing between a stuffy house and smoke pollution …\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFirst choice would be to keep the windows closed. That’s advice from Mary Griffin, a nurse who leads the home care division for the nonprofit Institute on Aging. Griffin says to use a filter setting, if you can, on the air conditioner — and use fans if you can’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people have these air conditioners that are in the window and they’re really not very good when there’s smoke out there, bringing air in from outside,” Griffin says. “So we’re saying use fans instead in the house because the fans will help circulate air in the house and not bring in outside air.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, indoor fans without air-conditioning \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fans-may-be-okay-for-muggy-days-but-avoid-them-in-extreme-dry-heat/\">may not be as good a choice in extreme and dry heat events, or when extreme heat combines with wildfire smoke\u003c/a>. Solomon of the Public Health Institute points out that in a battle between two threats, heat-related illness can kill people quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Air pollution isn’t good for people, but it’s less likely to kill you right away,” she said. “If you end up in a furnace situation in a closed house with no air-conditioning, that’s immediately dangerous to your health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trouble with fans, says Radhakrishna, is that when temperatures hit the mid-90s, they start to just move hot air around, helping it to become drier, which doesn’t help. If you are experiencing smoke and heat, here are \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/health-safety/wildfire-smoke-faq-2020.08.28.pdf\">tips from Alameda County public officials about protecting your health against smoke (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"center\">\u003c/a>Find a cooling center near you\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have access to air-conditioning, another option is to look for your county’s cooling center or your public library. Most counties keep up a list of available cooling centers — you can review what your county offers below and whether a cooling center near you is open:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/hot-weather-safety\">\u003cstrong>Cooling centers in Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/cda/planning/sustainability/heat-health-resources.htm\">Cooling centers in Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/cooling-centers/\">\u003cstrong>Cooling centers in Sonoma County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/cooling_centers.asp\">\u003cstrong>Cooling centers in Solano County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/606/Visit\">\u003cstrong>Public libraries in Napa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/cooling-centers\">\u003cstrong>Cooling centers in Marin County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://smcl.bibliocommons.com/locations/list/\">Public libraries in San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/services/cooling-centers\">\u003cstrong>Cooling centers in San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County says that during periods of “very hot weather,” information about their cooling centers will appear on \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/\">the Contra Costa government website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"work\">\u003c/a>If you work in the heat, outdoors or indoors, you have labor protections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you work outdoors in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July 2006, a major \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/epic/impacts-biological-systems/heat-related-mortality-and-morbidity\">heat wave in California resulted in at least 140 deaths\u003c/a> over two weeks, the highest fatality rate on record from a single heat event, prompting state regulators to strengthen protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The employer must provide drinking water that is fresh, cool and free so that each worker has a sufficient amount to drink,” said Angela Yahaira Breining, a staff attorney with the Workers’ Rights Program at \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a> in Oakland.[aside postID=\"news_11886628\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app//uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50596_019_SanFrancisco_HeatWaveImpacts_08062021-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]California defines a “sufficient” drinking supply as at least one quart of water per hour. And even if workers bring their own water bottles, employers must still have enough water available on-site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When temperatures rise above 80 degrees, employers must also provide an area with enough shade to accommodate every worker on-site. But, Breining adds, workers also have the right to request breaks in the shade — regardless of temperature — whenever they feel the need to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when temperatures rise over 95 degrees, “employers or supervisors must observe these employees regularly,” Breining said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having a supervisor on-site, she explains, is key to setting up a communication system that can swing into action if a worker starts to feel sick. “If someone is getting a headache, having them sit down, making sure that there is a safe way of communicating with higher-ups, and having an emergency plan in place,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting up an emergency plan is the next requirement for employers, says David Hornung from Cal/OSHA. That includes “training for all the employees so they recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illness in themselves or in their co-workers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These protections include all workers — regardless of immigration or contract status. A misconception Hornung says he often hears is that Cal/OSHA rules only apply to certain industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It applies to all outdoor workers, not just agriculture,” he said. “It applies to construction workers, gardeners, landscapers, maintenance people and anyone driving around in trucks that don’t have air-conditioning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you work indoors in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of July 24, 2024, the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) enforced \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">a whole set of rules that protect indoor workers\u003c/a> in addition to existing protections for outdoor workers, regardless of their immigration or employment status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the millions of Californians who work in restaurants, offices, warehouses, supermarkets and almost every other indoor workplace are legally protected by the state when working in excessive or dangerous heat. The protections lay out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your rights as an employee — and responsibilities of your employer — when temperatures in the workplace \u003cstrong>reach or exceed 82 degrees\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What your employer must do when temperatures \u003cstrong>reach or exceed 87 degrees\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The law now demands that employees are provided with water, rest, cool-down areas and training in certain heat-related situations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">Read KQED’s full guide to the new heat protections for indoor workers\u003c/a>, including what to do if your employer is refusing to follow the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA’s new rules protect every person working indoors in California — with one exception: people who work in prisons, local detention facilities and juvenile facilities. California’s prisons \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">employ tens of thousands of guards, nurses, janitors and other positions\u003c/a>, along with nearly 39,000 incarcerated people who also have jobs in state prisons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983846/state-prisons-offset-new-inmate-wage-hikes-by-cutting-hours-for-some-workers\">most of whom make less than $1 per hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was published September 3, 2024. This post is adapted from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11836824/how-to-cope-with-the-california-heat-wave#tips\">an earlier KQED story\u003c/a> and includes reporting from Bay City News and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#protect\">\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: Critical safety tips for extremely warm weather\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>High levels of heat can be particularly dangerous for people who work outdoors, or who don’t have adequate cooling in their homes. For Bay Area residents, many of whom are not adjusted to living with high heat, even temperatures in the high 80s can be potentially hazardous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those most vulnerable are older adults, infants and children — who don’t sweat as efficiently as younger adults. Other vulnerable populations include those with underlying conditions, such as heart and lung issues, asthma, obesity and diabetes. (And yes, pets are vulnerable too.) If the nights also remain unusually warm during a heat wave, people don’t cool down as readily during sleep. So heat continues to build up in their bodies day after day as temperatures rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=bf643abda876496db0b74dacc2620b53\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Source: National Weather Service\u003c/strong> | \u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#protect\">\u003cstrong>What you can do to protect yourself and loved ones in a heat wave\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#center\">Find a cooling center near you\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#work\">\u003cstrong>What to do if you’re working in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"risk\">\u003c/a>Why everyone is at risk from extreme weather and climate change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your body isn’t prepared for sudden heat spikes. It’s possible to get used to heat — but not overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes almost two weeks for your body to acclimate to the heat,” said Dr. Naveena Bobba, who directs public health emergency preparedness and response for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You don’t need triple-digit temperatures for heat to be a threat in the Bay Area.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even 85 degrees can be dangerous; in San Francisco, health officials say they start keeping an eye out when temperatures get that high. People who live in cooler climates can get heat-sick at lower temperatures, partly because they can’t adjust quickly. And when nighttime temperatures rise, it deprives people of the ability to cool down overnight — before temperatures heat up their bodies again the next day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where you live can make you more vulnerable to extreme heat.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Bay Area had a major heat wave in 2017, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1932903/extreme-heat-killed-14-people-in-the-bay-area-last-year-10-takeaways-from-our-investigation\">79% of people killed by heat began to get sick at home\u003c/a>. In Contra Costa and in Santa Clara counties, homes that had their temperature and humidity measured over a period of time became hotter inside than out, and held onto heat longer. At night, houses might be 15–20 degrees warmer inside than it is outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a problem for people who can’t afford or don’t have air-conditioning, says the Public Health Institute’s Linda Rudolph. “When the nighttime temperatures don’t go down, which is what’s increasingly happening with climate change, it’s harder for them to get that kind of physiological rest period,” Rudolph said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"protect\">\u003c/a>Here’s how you can keep yourself safe in a heat wave\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Drink lots of water. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“People lose huge amounts of fluid from their body when it’s hot. So the key message is drink, drink, drink — nonalcoholic, please,” said Dr. Gina Solomon, with the Public Health Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Check on your neighbors.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“During these unprecedented times, it’s most important that we’re neighborly and that we care for those who may be vulnerable to the impacts of [wildfire] smoke, heat and the virus,” said Dr. Rohan Radhakrishna, director of the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925065\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925065\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A girl and her father buy ice cream from an outdoor vendor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/78396E80-ED07-4ACD-B88B-0319A2A341F9.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A father buys her daughter ice cream outside of Meadow Homes Elementary School in Concord, where the temperature rose to 108 degrees, on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Take cool baths or showers. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAn all-over drench is great, but there are other ways to cool down quickly, like freezing a bandana and putting it around your neck (efficient), or sticking your head inside the freezer (inefficient).\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California defines a “sufficient” drinking supply as at least one quart of water per hour. And even if workers bring their own water bottles, employers must still have enough water available on-site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When temperatures rise above 80 degrees, employers must also provide an area with enough shade to accommodate every worker on-site. But, Breining adds, workers also have the right to request breaks in the shade — regardless of temperature — whenever they feel the need to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when temperatures rise over 95 degrees, “employers or supervisors must observe these employees regularly,” Breining said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having a supervisor on-site, she explains, is key to setting up a communication system that can swing into action if a worker starts to feel sick. “If someone is getting a headache, having them sit down, making sure that there is a safe way of communicating with higher-ups, and having an emergency plan in place,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting up an emergency plan is the next requirement for employers, says David Hornung from Cal/OSHA. That includes “training for all the employees so they recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illness in themselves or in their co-workers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These protections include all workers — regardless of immigration or contract status. A misconception Hornung says he often hears is that Cal/OSHA rules only apply to certain industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It applies to all outdoor workers, not just agriculture,” he said. “It applies to construction workers, gardeners, landscapers, maintenance people and anyone driving around in trucks that don’t have air-conditioning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you work indoors in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of July 24, 2024, the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) enforced \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">a whole set of rules that protect indoor workers\u003c/a> in addition to existing protections for outdoor workers, regardless of their immigration or employment status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the millions of Californians who work in restaurants, offices, warehouses, supermarkets and almost every other indoor workplace are legally protected by the state when working in excessive or dangerous heat. The protections lay out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your rights as an employee — and responsibilities of your employer — when temperatures in the workplace \u003cstrong>reach or exceed 82 degrees\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What your employer must do when temperatures \u003cstrong>reach or exceed 87 degrees\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The law now demands that employees are provided with water, rest, cool-down areas and training in certain heat-related situations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">Read KQED’s full guide to the new heat protections for indoor workers\u003c/a>, including what to do if your employer is refusing to follow the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA’s new rules protect every person working indoors in California — with one exception: people who work in prisons, local detention facilities and juvenile facilities. California’s prisons \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">employ tens of thousands of guards, nurses, janitors and other positions\u003c/a>, along with nearly 39,000 incarcerated people who also have jobs in state prisons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983846/state-prisons-offset-new-inmate-wage-hikes-by-cutting-hours-for-some-workers\">most of whom make less than $1 per hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was published September 3, 2024. This post is adapted from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11836824/how-to-cope-with-the-california-heat-wave#tips\">an earlier KQED story\u003c/a> and includes reporting from Bay City News and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin\u003cem> \u003c/em>a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb, and she vomited in class, according to her mother. The nurse wasn’t available, so she was sent back to her hot classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the school day was over and Lilian made it to her mother’s air-conditioned car, she was exhausted and red-faced. At home, she vomited again and got a leg cramp. Veronica Chin rushed her 11-year-old daughter to an emergency room, where she was diagnosed with heat exhaustion — a serious condition that leads to a life-threatening heat stroke if not treated promptly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Chin called the school, Haskell Elementary STEAM Magnet, to complain about the broken air conditioning, she received an email that a repair ticket had been created. The San Fernando Valley school, in the Los Angeles Unified School District, had marked the repair a “low priority.” (School officials did not respond to CalMatters’ questions when a reporter called and visited the campus.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin was furious. “I’m trusting them with my children,” she said. “I’m thinking that my children are in a safe space when they’re not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/09/california-extreme-heat-population-growth-inland-communities/\">As climate change intensifies heat waves\u003c/a>, California schools are unprepared to protect their students from extreme heat. Some schools don’t have air conditioning at all because they were built before hotter climates made it a necessity. Others have old systems pushed to their limits, with school districts struggling to keep up with repairs or replacements with limited staff and funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, in Long Beach — which reached a \u003ca href=\"https://lbpost.com/news/record-heat-long-beach-temperature-109-heat-wave/\">record high of 109 \u003c/a>degrees last month — all or most buildings in 13 public schools with about 14,000 students have no air conditioning systems. In Oakland, as many as 2,000 classrooms don’t have them. And in Fresno, officials have been overwhelmed with more than 5,000 calls for air conditioning repairs in the past 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 15% and 20% of California’s kindergarten through 12th-grade public schools “have \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/635dbc6808cab54e82a25127/t/640f57089a49a966b5803dcb/1678726934033/Climate-Resilient+California+Schools\">no functioning heating and air conditioning systems at all\u003c/a>, and as many as another 10% of schools need major repair or replacement for their systems to function adequately,” UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers wrote in a report last year. Some advocates say that is likely an underestimate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School officials say they would need tens of billions of dollars to install and repair air conditioning. Many of the worst problems are in hot, inland school districts that serve low-income communities of color, where there are fewer financial resources to replace or repair them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s too hot, just like if you’re too hungry, it’s almost impossible to learn, so the impact on students and teachers is great,” said Paul Idsvoog, the Fresno Unified School District’s chief operations officer. “If you have multiple systems that are 20 years old, sooner or later, you’re not going to be able to keep up with the tide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters in November will be asked to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2024/06/school-bond-california/\">$10 billion school infrastructure bond\u003c/a> to fund repairs and upgrades of buildings at K–12 schools and community colleges, including air conditioning systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom last month vetoed \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1182\">a bill that would have created a master plan\u003c/a> for climate-resilient schools, including an assessment of when air conditioning systems were last modernized. State officials currently do not collect data on air conditioning in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24.jpeg\" alt=\"A portable air conditioner in a classroom.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portable air conditioning unit is used in the library of the Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland on a hot day in late September. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationally, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-494\">41% of school districts\u003c/a> need to update or replace their heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems in at least half of their schools, according to a federal study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the problems are common statewide, jeopardizing children and teachers in inland as well as coastal communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a hot mess,” said Aaron Kahlenberg, a teacher at Los Angeles Unified’s John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills\u003cem>.\u003c/em> “When it was cool out, it worked, and when it got hot, it didn’t work. It got to be very frustrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-absences-rise-and-learning-drops-on-hot-days\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Absences rise and learning drops on hot days\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hot classrooms lead to more student and teacher \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/07/extreme-heat-report-insurance/\">illnesses \u003c/a>and absences, and studies show that they reduce children’s ability to learn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent day in Oakland, when outdoor temperatures reached 88 degrees, 8th-grader Juliette Sanchez felt sticky and hot in a stuffy room at Melrose Leadership Academy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, it’s a lot harder to focus on what I’m doing,” Sanchez said. “Like, right now, I’m sticking to the table. It’s uncomfortable to write. My arm is sticky, and I’m just hot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18.jpeg\" alt=\"A young girl with sunglasses on her forehead sits in a classroom behind a tower of small colored blocks.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-800x1000.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-1020x1275.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juliette Sanchez, 13, an eighth grader, said the heat is sometimes unbearable at the Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland. She is a member of an environmental club that advocated for more efficient heat and air conditioning systems at her school. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Student performance on exams declines by up to 14% on hot days, according to a 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jisungpark/files/paper_nyc_aejep.pdf\">Harvard study\u003c/a> in New York City. According to another study, an increase in the average temperature of 1 degree leads to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20180612\">1% less learning\u003c/a>, measured by changes in test scores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Black and brown students, the learning losses are even greater, said V. Kelly Turner, a heat expert at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs who has researched hot schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re already perhaps in schools that don’t have enough teachers or enough supplies and then put on top of that, they’re going to hot homes,” she said. “Maybe they don’t have any rights to install air conditioning systems. Maybe they live in mobile homes and have even fewer rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A state program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/california-schools-healthy-air-plumbing-and-efficiency-program\">called CalSHAPE\u003c/a>, helps public schools improve air conditioning and water systems. Between 2021 and 2023, more than 3,800 schools were \u003ca href=\"https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=254791&DocumentContentId=90470\">awarded\u003c/a> $421 million to assess their systems, with 11 undertaking major repairs or replacements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, in August, state legislators considered eliminating the program \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/08/california-electric-bill-legislation/\">as part of a plan to give utility ratepayers small rebates\u003c/a>. Although the bill failed, the program has been closed to new applications since July. More than a dozen school districts have \u003ca href=\"https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=20-RENEW-01\">urged the state Energy Commission\u003c/a> to reopen applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attempt to gut the program worries school and environmental advocates, who say the state is failing to prioritize schools as climate change raises temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many schools, cooling is no longer just a nicety, but a necessity,” Jonathan Klein, head of UndauntedK12, an organization that supports schools transitioning to zero emissions to reduce greenhouse gasses, said in a statement. “Students and staff deserve safe, healthy, resilient school campuses that support teaching and learning amidst extreme weather.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-fixing-air-conditioners-9-billion-in-la-schools-alone\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Fixing air conditioners: $9 billion in LA schools alone\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most students return to school in mid-August or early September, when much of the state — particularly in the Los Angeles region — suffers its most intense heat waves. Some schools also operate year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, classroom temperatures reached into the mid-90s during an early September heat wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers at several schools there told CalMatters that their requests for air conditioning repairs went unanswered or were slow to come. Portable units installed in classrooms were insufficient to keep temperatures comfortable enough for students to learn. Students were visibly lethargic from the heat. Some parents opted to keep their children home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kahlenberg, who teaches high school architecture, said he had asked for the air conditioning in his classroom to be repaired for weeks. By the time a heat wave hit in early September, it still wasn’t fixed. His classroom temperature reached 95 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody was tired,” Kahlenberg said. “I told them if they needed to take a break, that if they didn’t want to work, it was totally acceptable. I would just extend the project. But it just shouldn’t have to be like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kahlenberg said teachers told him about 20 other classrooms at his school also didn’t have working air conditioning during that heat wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007308\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20.jpeg\" alt=\"Students sit in the shade on a soccer field in a schoolyard, next to basketball courts.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students sit in the shade in the schoolyard of the Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland on Sept. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A physical education teacher in another Los Angeles school said she spent weeks before the September heat wave trying to flag air conditioning problems in her office. (The teacher wished to remain anonymous out of fear she would be disciplined for discussing the issue with CalMatters.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, when the extreme heat came and the gymnasium temperature was too hot for the students, she and others informed the school. She said the school responded on the last day of the heat wave that students could sit outside in shade if they needed to. The suggestion dumbfounded her: Why would she have her students sit outside, where it was even hotter than in the gym?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All schools in Los Angeles Unified have air conditioners. But Krisztina Tokes, the district’s chief facilities executive\u003cem>, \u003c/em>said 50,000 faulty or aged units and pieces of equipment need to be replaced in the district’s more than 1,000 schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Unified, the largest school district in the state, has invested $1 billion to upgrade heating, ventilation and cooling systems in the last two decades, including $287 million for 20 projects that are currently under construction or being designed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tokes said officials work to keep students safe by following protocols when air conditioning breaks down, such as installing portable units or moving students to spare air-conditioned spaces. Outside, schools place portable misting fans and commercial-grade pop-up tents for shade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School days were cut short in schools where district officials felt they couldn’t provide a safe learning environment. Air conditioning systems are also checked at the start of summer and again just before classes start. Teachers and staff are trained to identify and respond to signs of heat related illness, a district spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under no circumstance should there be a child or parent thinking their health isn’t being addressed,” Tokes said. “There were conditions that were beyond the district’s control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Replacing all air conditioners in the district’s schools would cost at least $9 billion, according to Amanda Wherritt, Los Angeles Unified’s deputy chief of staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really about financial resources,” Tokes said. “We do not receive enough money from the state to either repair or replace our systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-even-coastal-schools-are-sweltering-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Even coastal schools are sweltering \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While many classrooms throughout the state have air conditioning, those that don’t are often in coastal areas. Many of these schools were built in the 1950s or ’60s before the warming effects of climate change had worsened heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Long Beach, less than a decade ago, 51 out of 84 schools didn’t have air conditioning in all classrooms. Since then, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.presstelegram.com/2016/10/22/long-beach-election-2016-school-district-asking-for-15-billion-bond/\">$1.5 billion local facilities bond \u003c/a>has helped the school district upgrade many of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 13 schools, serving about a quarter of the district’s students, still \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/thirteen-long-beach-schools-braving-socal-heatwave-without-air-conditioning/3503162/\">won’t be fully air-conditioned \u003c/a>for at least another three years. One school, Polytechnic High School, which has about 4,000 students, will undergo major renovations, including adding air conditioning, that won’t be complete until 2028, said Alan Reising, Long Beach Unified School District’s facilities and operations assistant superintendent. In the meantime, officials installed portable air conditioners and outdoor shade structures in many of the schools, Reising said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some inland Long Beach neighborhoods experience five high-heat days a year when temperatures exceed 97 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Arguably, we haven’t needed it,” Reising said. But now, he said, “with the obvious signs of climate change, we have more hot days we have to deal with every year. There’s no thought that it’s going to get better in the future, so the need for air conditioning now has become very obvious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-graphics-heat-housing.netlify.app/heat-days-lookup?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_0&parentTitle=As%20heat%20rises%2C%20kids%20are%20sweltering%20in%20CA%20schools%20with%20no%20AC%20-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fenvironment%2Fclimate-change%2F2024%2F10%2Fcalifornia-schools-air-conditioning-heatwave-climate%2F\" width=\"1000\" height=\"780\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the San Diego Unified School District, all 175 schools now have air conditioning. The district spent $460 million between 2013 and 2019 to install systems in the 118 schools that didn’t have them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the systems are newer as a result, they’re still \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/hoover-high-school-hot-classroom-air-conditioning/3598054/\">breaking down, \u003c/a>with students saying some classrooms reached around 100 degrees in September. Some San Diego neighborhoods have four high-heat days a year that exceed 91 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were definitely experiencing some air conditioning issues throughout the district. We are doing our best to respond to all repair requests as quickly as possible,” said Samer Naji, a district spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oakland Unified School District, about 2,000 classrooms in 77 schools have no air conditioners. In late September, outdoor temperatures reached 88 degrees; some Oakland neighborhoods have seven days a year that exceed 89 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Equipping those schools with air conditioning would be an expensive and complicated task that would cost at least $400 million, said Preston Thomas, Oakland Unified School District’s chief systems and services officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Melrose Learning Academy in Oakland, students said the heat makes it hard to focus. Lyra Modersbach, an eighth grader who is a member of an environmental club at the school, said she has noticed temperatures getting hotter year after year. When she’s home, she can wear cool clothes and rest to beat the heat, but she can’t do that at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modersbach said her school has a few portable air conditioners, but if too many are on at once, they shut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heat “is very distracting,” she said. “I’ve noticed having a harder time getting my work done or feeling frustrated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As members of the Youth Versus Apocalypse environmental club, Modersbach and Juliette Sanchez\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/10/school-heat-pump-climate-emissions\"> advocated for their school to stop using a gas boiler\u003c/a> and invest in an energy-efficient heat pump that will provide air conditioning. The district will use funds from a 2020 $735 million bond measure to \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/12/08/oakland-middle-school-students-win-heat-pump-climate-activism/\">install heat pumps\u003c/a> at their school next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-inland-schools-have-little-money-to-invest\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inland schools have little money to invest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While many inland schools are fully air-conditioned, some don’t have air conditioning in their gymnasiums, cafeterias and multi-purpose rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many inland school districts, where 100-degree days are common, have far fewer financial resources than wealthier coastal districts, said Sara Hinkley, California program manager for UC Berkeley’s Center for Cities + Schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the spending on facility upgrades is based on local bond measures, which is based on your ability to levy property taxes,” she said. “So districts that have lower levels of property values per student are able to raise less money to upgrade their facilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School districts in the Central Valley and the Inland Empire are among those that have invested less money because of lower property values and a smaller voter base to tap into, Hinkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no environmental justice or climate equity imperative. That would take an active regulation to change how bond disbursements are made in the state,” UCLA’s Turner said. “The state could go a long way by investing in better technical assistance to communities to apply for these funds and focusing on priority schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresno Unified School District, where 90% of students are on free or reduced lunch plans, recently invested $60 million in federal funds to replace or install air conditioning systems in some of its gyms, cafeterias and multi-purpose rooms, said Alex Belanger, chief executive over the district’s operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the district needs about $500 million to improve its heating and ventilation systems, Belanger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Belanger said during heat waves, it’s\u003ca href=\"https://abc30.com/heat-wave-central-california-fresno-unified-ac-down-courthouse/12204755/\"> “all hands on deck” \u003c/a>to keep students cool. Staff work weekends and nights to repair air conditioning systems and the school provides temporary chillers and portable air conditioning if systems break down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Idsvoog said the Fresno school district would like to invest in energy-efficient strategies such as building well-insulated schools with green space and oriented in a way that won’t absorb heat. But there’s simply no money to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is it’s not going to get any cooler and resources will always be a challenge for any school district,” Idsvoog said. “Any assistance, grants or state funding that can support those efforts is more than welcome.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin\u003cem> \u003c/em>a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb, and she vomited in class, according to her mother. The nurse wasn’t available, so she was sent back to her hot classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the school day was over and Lilian made it to her mother’s air-conditioned car, she was exhausted and red-faced. At home, she vomited again and got a leg cramp. Veronica Chin rushed her 11-year-old daughter to an emergency room, where she was diagnosed with heat exhaustion — a serious condition that leads to a life-threatening heat stroke if not treated promptly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Chin called the school, Haskell Elementary STEAM Magnet, to complain about the broken air conditioning, she received an email that a repair ticket had been created. The San Fernando Valley school, in the Los Angeles Unified School District, had marked the repair a “low priority.” (School officials did not respond to CalMatters’ questions when a reporter called and visited the campus.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin was furious. “I’m trusting them with my children,” she said. “I’m thinking that my children are in a safe space when they’re not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/09/california-extreme-heat-population-growth-inland-communities/\">As climate change intensifies heat waves\u003c/a>, California schools are unprepared to protect their students from extreme heat. Some schools don’t have air conditioning at all because they were built before hotter climates made it a necessity. Others have old systems pushed to their limits, with school districts struggling to keep up with repairs or replacements with limited staff and funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, in Long Beach — which reached a \u003ca href=\"https://lbpost.com/news/record-heat-long-beach-temperature-109-heat-wave/\">record high of 109 \u003c/a>degrees last month — all or most buildings in 13 public schools with about 14,000 students have no air conditioning systems. In Oakland, as many as 2,000 classrooms don’t have them. And in Fresno, officials have been overwhelmed with more than 5,000 calls for air conditioning repairs in the past 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 15% and 20% of California’s kindergarten through 12th-grade public schools “have \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/635dbc6808cab54e82a25127/t/640f57089a49a966b5803dcb/1678726934033/Climate-Resilient+California+Schools\">no functioning heating and air conditioning systems at all\u003c/a>, and as many as another 10% of schools need major repair or replacement for their systems to function adequately,” UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers wrote in a report last year. Some advocates say that is likely an underestimate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School officials say they would need tens of billions of dollars to install and repair air conditioning. Many of the worst problems are in hot, inland school districts that serve low-income communities of color, where there are fewer financial resources to replace or repair them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s too hot, just like if you’re too hungry, it’s almost impossible to learn, so the impact on students and teachers is great,” said Paul Idsvoog, the Fresno Unified School District’s chief operations officer. “If you have multiple systems that are 20 years old, sooner or later, you’re not going to be able to keep up with the tide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters in November will be asked to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2024/06/school-bond-california/\">$10 billion school infrastructure bond\u003c/a> to fund repairs and upgrades of buildings at K–12 schools and community colleges, including air conditioning systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom last month vetoed \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1182\">a bill that would have created a master plan\u003c/a> for climate-resilient schools, including an assessment of when air conditioning systems were last modernized. State officials currently do not collect data on air conditioning in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24.jpeg\" alt=\"A portable air conditioner in a classroom.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_24-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portable air conditioning unit is used in the library of the Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland on a hot day in late September. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationally, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-494\">41% of school districts\u003c/a> need to update or replace their heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems in at least half of their schools, according to a federal study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the problems are common statewide, jeopardizing children and teachers in inland as well as coastal communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a hot mess,” said Aaron Kahlenberg, a teacher at Los Angeles Unified’s John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills\u003cem>.\u003c/em> “When it was cool out, it worked, and when it got hot, it didn’t work. It got to be very frustrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-absences-rise-and-learning-drops-on-hot-days\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Absences rise and learning drops on hot days\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hot classrooms lead to more student and teacher \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/07/extreme-heat-report-insurance/\">illnesses \u003c/a>and absences, and studies show that they reduce children’s ability to learn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent day in Oakland, when outdoor temperatures reached 88 degrees, 8th-grader Juliette Sanchez felt sticky and hot in a stuffy room at Melrose Leadership Academy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, it’s a lot harder to focus on what I’m doing,” Sanchez said. “Like, right now, I’m sticking to the table. It’s uncomfortable to write. My arm is sticky, and I’m just hot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18.jpeg\" alt=\"A young girl with sunglasses on her forehead sits in a classroom behind a tower of small colored blocks.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-800x1000.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-1020x1275.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_18-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juliette Sanchez, 13, an eighth grader, said the heat is sometimes unbearable at the Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland. She is a member of an environmental club that advocated for more efficient heat and air conditioning systems at her school. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Student performance on exams declines by up to 14% on hot days, according to a 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jisungpark/files/paper_nyc_aejep.pdf\">Harvard study\u003c/a> in New York City. According to another study, an increase in the average temperature of 1 degree leads to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20180612\">1% less learning\u003c/a>, measured by changes in test scores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Black and brown students, the learning losses are even greater, said V. Kelly Turner, a heat expert at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs who has researched hot schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re already perhaps in schools that don’t have enough teachers or enough supplies and then put on top of that, they’re going to hot homes,” she said. “Maybe they don’t have any rights to install air conditioning systems. Maybe they live in mobile homes and have even fewer rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A state program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/california-schools-healthy-air-plumbing-and-efficiency-program\">called CalSHAPE\u003c/a>, helps public schools improve air conditioning and water systems. Between 2021 and 2023, more than 3,800 schools were \u003ca href=\"https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=254791&DocumentContentId=90470\">awarded\u003c/a> $421 million to assess their systems, with 11 undertaking major repairs or replacements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, in August, state legislators considered eliminating the program \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/08/california-electric-bill-legislation/\">as part of a plan to give utility ratepayers small rebates\u003c/a>. Although the bill failed, the program has been closed to new applications since July. More than a dozen school districts have \u003ca href=\"https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=20-RENEW-01\">urged the state Energy Commission\u003c/a> to reopen applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attempt to gut the program worries school and environmental advocates, who say the state is failing to prioritize schools as climate change raises temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many schools, cooling is no longer just a nicety, but a necessity,” Jonathan Klein, head of UndauntedK12, an organization that supports schools transitioning to zero emissions to reduce greenhouse gasses, said in a statement. “Students and staff deserve safe, healthy, resilient school campuses that support teaching and learning amidst extreme weather.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-fixing-air-conditioners-9-billion-in-la-schools-alone\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Fixing air conditioners: $9 billion in LA schools alone\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most students return to school in mid-August or early September, when much of the state — particularly in the Los Angeles region — suffers its most intense heat waves. Some schools also operate year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, classroom temperatures reached into the mid-90s during an early September heat wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers at several schools there told CalMatters that their requests for air conditioning repairs went unanswered or were slow to come. Portable units installed in classrooms were insufficient to keep temperatures comfortable enough for students to learn. Students were visibly lethargic from the heat. Some parents opted to keep their children home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kahlenberg, who teaches high school architecture, said he had asked for the air conditioning in his classroom to be repaired for weeks. By the time a heat wave hit in early September, it still wasn’t fixed. His classroom temperature reached 95 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody was tired,” Kahlenberg said. “I told them if they needed to take a break, that if they didn’t want to work, it was totally acceptable. I would just extend the project. But it just shouldn’t have to be like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kahlenberg said teachers told him about 20 other classrooms at his school also didn’t have working air conditioning during that heat wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007308\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20.jpeg\" alt=\"Students sit in the shade on a soccer field in a schoolyard, next to basketball courts.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/092324_Oakland-Schools-AC_LA_CM_20-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students sit in the shade in the schoolyard of the Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland on Sept. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A physical education teacher in another Los Angeles school said she spent weeks before the September heat wave trying to flag air conditioning problems in her office. (The teacher wished to remain anonymous out of fear she would be disciplined for discussing the issue with CalMatters.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, when the extreme heat came and the gymnasium temperature was too hot for the students, she and others informed the school. She said the school responded on the last day of the heat wave that students could sit outside in shade if they needed to. The suggestion dumbfounded her: Why would she have her students sit outside, where it was even hotter than in the gym?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All schools in Los Angeles Unified have air conditioners. But Krisztina Tokes, the district’s chief facilities executive\u003cem>, \u003c/em>said 50,000 faulty or aged units and pieces of equipment need to be replaced in the district’s more than 1,000 schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Unified, the largest school district in the state, has invested $1 billion to upgrade heating, ventilation and cooling systems in the last two decades, including $287 million for 20 projects that are currently under construction or being designed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tokes said officials work to keep students safe by following protocols when air conditioning breaks down, such as installing portable units or moving students to spare air-conditioned spaces. Outside, schools place portable misting fans and commercial-grade pop-up tents for shade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School days were cut short in schools where district officials felt they couldn’t provide a safe learning environment. Air conditioning systems are also checked at the start of summer and again just before classes start. Teachers and staff are trained to identify and respond to signs of heat related illness, a district spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under no circumstance should there be a child or parent thinking their health isn’t being addressed,” Tokes said. “There were conditions that were beyond the district’s control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Replacing all air conditioners in the district’s schools would cost at least $9 billion, according to Amanda Wherritt, Los Angeles Unified’s deputy chief of staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really about financial resources,” Tokes said. “We do not receive enough money from the state to either repair or replace our systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-even-coastal-schools-are-sweltering-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Even coastal schools are sweltering \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While many classrooms throughout the state have air conditioning, those that don’t are often in coastal areas. Many of these schools were built in the 1950s or ’60s before the warming effects of climate change had worsened heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Long Beach, less than a decade ago, 51 out of 84 schools didn’t have air conditioning in all classrooms. Since then, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.presstelegram.com/2016/10/22/long-beach-election-2016-school-district-asking-for-15-billion-bond/\">$1.5 billion local facilities bond \u003c/a>has helped the school district upgrade many of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 13 schools, serving about a quarter of the district’s students, still \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/thirteen-long-beach-schools-braving-socal-heatwave-without-air-conditioning/3503162/\">won’t be fully air-conditioned \u003c/a>for at least another three years. One school, Polytechnic High School, which has about 4,000 students, will undergo major renovations, including adding air conditioning, that won’t be complete until 2028, said Alan Reising, Long Beach Unified School District’s facilities and operations assistant superintendent. In the meantime, officials installed portable air conditioners and outdoor shade structures in many of the schools, Reising said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some inland Long Beach neighborhoods experience five high-heat days a year when temperatures exceed 97 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Arguably, we haven’t needed it,” Reising said. But now, he said, “with the obvious signs of climate change, we have more hot days we have to deal with every year. There’s no thought that it’s going to get better in the future, so the need for air conditioning now has become very obvious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-graphics-heat-housing.netlify.app/heat-days-lookup?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_0&parentTitle=As%20heat%20rises%2C%20kids%20are%20sweltering%20in%20CA%20schools%20with%20no%20AC%20-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fenvironment%2Fclimate-change%2F2024%2F10%2Fcalifornia-schools-air-conditioning-heatwave-climate%2F\" width=\"1000\" height=\"780\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the San Diego Unified School District, all 175 schools now have air conditioning. The district spent $460 million between 2013 and 2019 to install systems in the 118 schools that didn’t have them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the systems are newer as a result, they’re still \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/hoover-high-school-hot-classroom-air-conditioning/3598054/\">breaking down, \u003c/a>with students saying some classrooms reached around 100 degrees in September. Some San Diego neighborhoods have four high-heat days a year that exceed 91 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were definitely experiencing some air conditioning issues throughout the district. We are doing our best to respond to all repair requests as quickly as possible,” said Samer Naji, a district spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oakland Unified School District, about 2,000 classrooms in 77 schools have no air conditioners. In late September, outdoor temperatures reached 88 degrees; some Oakland neighborhoods have seven days a year that exceed 89 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Equipping those schools with air conditioning would be an expensive and complicated task that would cost at least $400 million, said Preston Thomas, Oakland Unified School District’s chief systems and services officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Melrose Learning Academy in Oakland, students said the heat makes it hard to focus. Lyra Modersbach, an eighth grader who is a member of an environmental club at the school, said she has noticed temperatures getting hotter year after year. When she’s home, she can wear cool clothes and rest to beat the heat, but she can’t do that at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modersbach said her school has a few portable air conditioners, but if too many are on at once, they shut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heat “is very distracting,” she said. “I’ve noticed having a harder time getting my work done or feeling frustrated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As members of the Youth Versus Apocalypse environmental club, Modersbach and Juliette Sanchez\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/10/school-heat-pump-climate-emissions\"> advocated for their school to stop using a gas boiler\u003c/a> and invest in an energy-efficient heat pump that will provide air conditioning. The district will use funds from a 2020 $735 million bond measure to \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/12/08/oakland-middle-school-students-win-heat-pump-climate-activism/\">install heat pumps\u003c/a> at their school next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-inland-schools-have-little-money-to-invest\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inland schools have little money to invest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While many inland schools are fully air-conditioned, some don’t have air conditioning in their gymnasiums, cafeterias and multi-purpose rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many inland school districts, where 100-degree days are common, have far fewer financial resources than wealthier coastal districts, said Sara Hinkley, California program manager for UC Berkeley’s Center for Cities + Schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the spending on facility upgrades is based on local bond measures, which is based on your ability to levy property taxes,” she said. “So districts that have lower levels of property values per student are able to raise less money to upgrade their facilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School districts in the Central Valley and the Inland Empire are among those that have invested less money because of lower property values and a smaller voter base to tap into, Hinkley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no environmental justice or climate equity imperative. That would take an active regulation to change how bond disbursements are made in the state,” UCLA’s Turner said. “The state could go a long way by investing in better technical assistance to communities to apply for these funds and focusing on priority schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresno Unified School District, where 90% of students are on free or reduced lunch plans, recently invested $60 million in federal funds to replace or install air conditioning systems in some of its gyms, cafeterias and multi-purpose rooms, said Alex Belanger, chief executive over the district’s operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the district needs about $500 million to improve its heating and ventilation systems, Belanger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Belanger said during heat waves, it’s\u003ca href=\"https://abc30.com/heat-wave-central-california-fresno-unified-ac-down-courthouse/12204755/\"> “all hands on deck” \u003c/a>to keep students cool. Staff work weekends and nights to repair air conditioning systems and the school provides temporary chillers and portable air conditioning if systems break down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Idsvoog said the Fresno school district would like to invest in energy-efficient strategies such as building well-insulated schools with green space and oriented in a way that won’t absorb heat. But there’s simply no money to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent sunny afternoon in Lancaster, Cassandra Hughes looked for a place to cool down. She set up a lawn chair in the shade at the edge of a park and spent the afternoon with a coloring book, listening to hip-hop music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reaching a high of 97 degrees, this August day was pleasant by Lancaster standards — a breeze offered temporary relief. But just the week before, during a brutal heat wave, the high hit 109. For Hughes, the Mojave Desert city has been a dramatic change from the mild weather in El Segundo, the coastal city where she lived before moving in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hughes, a retired nurse, is among the Californians who are moving inland in search of affordable housing and more space. But it comes at a price: dangerous heat driven by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/climate-change/\">climate change\u003c/a>, accompanied by sky-high electric bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CalMatters analysis shows that many California cities with the biggest recent population booms are the same places that will experience the most high heat days — a potentially deadly confluence. The combination of a growing population and rising extreme heat \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/07/extreme-heat-report-insurance/\">will put more people at risk of illnesses\u003c/a> and pose a challenge for unprepared local officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As greenhouse gases warm the planet, more people around the globe are experiencing intensifying heat waves and higher temperatures. An international panel of climate scientists recently reported that it is “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/\">virtually certain\u003c/a>” that “there has been increases in the intensity and duration of heat waves and in the number of heat wave days at the global scale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters identified the California communities most at risk — the top 1% of the state’s more than 8,000 census tracts that have grown by more than 500 people in recent years and are expected to experience the most intensifying heat under climate change projections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results: Lancaster and Palmdale in Los Angeles County; Apple Valley, Victorville and Hesperia in San Bernardino County; Lake Elsinore and Murrieta in Riverside County; and the Central Valley cities of Visalia, Fresno, Clovis and Tulare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2050, neighborhoods in those 11 inland cities are expected to experience 25 or more high heat days every year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://cal-adapt.org/tools/extreme-heat/\">data from researchers\u003c/a> at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Colorado Boulder and UC Berkeley. A high heat day is when an area’s maximum temperature exceeds the top 2% of its historic high — in other words, temperatures that soar above some of the highest levels ever recorded there this century. (The projections were based on an intermediate scenario for future planet-warming emissions.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these places facing this dangerous combination of worsening heat waves and growing populations are low-income Latino communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing much more rapid warming of inland areas that were already hotter to begin with,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an extreme contrast between the people who live within 5 to 10 miles of the beach and people who live as little as 20 miles inland,” he said. “It’s these inland areas where we see people who…are killed by this extreme heat or whose lives are at least made miserable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-graphics-heat-housing.netlify.app/heat-days-lookup?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_0&parentTitle=More%20extreme%20heat%20%2B%20more%20people%20%3D%20danger%20in%20these%20CA%20cities%20-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fenvironment%2Fclimate-change%2F2024%2F09%2Fcalifornia-extreme-heat-population-growth-inland-communities%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While temperatures are projected to rise across the state, neighborhoods along the coast will remain much more temperate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Long Beach, for instance, are not projected to experience significantly more high heat days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco will average six days a year in the 2050s, exceeding 87 degrees, compared to four days in the 2020s. In contrast, Visalia will jump from 17 days exceeding 103 degrees to 32 — more than a full month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the growing inland populations, the cooler coastal counties — where more than two-thirds of Californians now live — are expected to lose about 1.3 million residents by 2050, according to the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High temperatures can be deadly, triggering heat strokes and \u003ca href=\"https://hms.harvard.edu/news/climate-change-fueled-weather-events-linked-worsened-heart-health#:~:text=Certain%20types%20of%20extreme%20weather,increased%20risk%20of%20heart%20disease.\">heart attacks\u003c/a> and exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/climate-change-and-asthma/\">asthma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039694/\">diabetes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidney.org/press-room/new-study-heat-waves-climate-change-pushing-kidney-patients-to-er\">kidney failure\u003c/a> and other illnesses, even some \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/priorities/climate-infectious-disease.html\">infectious diseases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003222\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a pink shirt and sun glasses sits in a folding chair with a board in her lap.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassandra Hughes sits on a folding chair alongside her car in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">extreme heat contributed to\u003c/a> more than 5,000 hospitalizations and almost 10,600 emergency department visits over the past decade — and the health effects “fall disproportionately on already overburdened” Black people, Latinos and Native Americans, according to a recent state report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City and county officials must grapple with how to protect residents who already are struggling to stay cool and pay their electric bills. Despite the warnings, many local governments have failed to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_201520160sb379\">A 2015 state law \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379\">required municipalities\u003c/a> to update their general plans, safety plans or hazard mitigation plans to include steps countering the effects of climate change, such as cooling roofs and pavement or urban greening projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only about half of California’s 540 cities and counties had complied with new plans as of last year, according to the environmental nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.climateresolve.org/ounce-of-prevention/\">Climate Resolve\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The California dream or a hellish reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An exodus from California’s coastal regions is a\u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-moving-in/\"> decadeslong trend\u003c/a>, said Eric McGhee, a policy director who researches California demographic changes at the Public Policy Institute of California. People are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-has-remote-work-affected-migration-around-the-state/\">moving away from the coasts,\u003c/a> especially the Los Angeles region and Bay Area, to elsewhere in California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 104,000 people moved from the Bay Area to the Sacramento area, the Inland Empire and the San Joaquin Valley in 2021 and 2022 and about 95,000 moved from Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County to those same inland regions, according to data collected from the \u003ca href=\"https://usa.ipums.org/usa/\">Census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGhee said most people moving inland are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-population-shifts-may-lead-to-new-income-divides/\">low-income and middle-income Californians \u003c/a>looking to expand their families, find cheaper housing and live comfortably — and they’re willing to sacrifice other privileges, like cool weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is “becoming more expensive, more exclusive in the places that are least likely to experience extreme heat,” Swain said. As a result, he said, “the people who are most at risk of extreme heat” — those with limited financial resources — “are precisely the people experiencing extreme heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/scZs5/10/\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Bernardino County city of \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/victorville-ca?redirect=true#demographics\">Victorville\u003c/a> — which is 55% Hispanic and has median incomes far below the state average — is among California’s fastest-growing areas, adding more than 12,500 new residents between 2018 and 2022. Nearby Apple Valley and Hesperia grew by about 3,000 and 6,000 people, respectively, while Lancaster, Palmdale and Visalia added between about 10,000 and 12,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Victorville on an August day that reached 97 degrees, Eduardo Ceja wiped sweat from his forehead as he worked at Superior Grocers store, retrieving shopping carts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work is often grueling in this Mojave Desert town. He sometimes drinks five bottles of water to stay hydrated as he works, with the concrete parking lot radiating the heat back onto his skin. When he’s done pushing carts, he recovers in the air-conditioned store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ceja, 20, moved to nearby Apple Valley about a year ago, around the same time the new grocery store opened. He used to sleep on his parents’ couch in the San Gabriel Valley town of Covina, east of Los Angeles, which is often more than 10 degrees cooler than Apple Valley on summer days. But he wanted a place to himself at a low cost, so now he pays $400 a month for a bedroom in his brother’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since he moved here, he’s observed many businesses, including his own employer, expanding or opening in Apple Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I notice a lot of people from L.A. are coming here,” he said. It makes sense to him. “Out here, the apartments have more space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003221\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a black shirt stands outside by a tree.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Valley Mayor Scott Nassif on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/apple-valley-ca/#demographics\">Apple Valley\u003c/a> Mayor Scott Nassif has seen his desert town grow and get hotter over his lifetime. When he moved to the area in 1959, only a few thousand people lived there. Now it’s home to more than 75,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif remembers only a few days that would reach above 100 degrees and multiple snowstorms in the winter. Now, snowstorms are rare, and weeklong heat waves above 110 degrees are commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extreme heat “is noticeable,” he said. “I don’t think there was a day under 100 in July.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif attributes the town’s growing population to its good schools, a semi-rural lifestyle and affordable housing for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the high desert town of Hesperia, growth is evident. Banners advertising “New homes!” are posted throughout the town, luring potential buyers to tract home communities. Residents are cautiously eyeing a new development, called the Silverwood Community, that has recently broken ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive, 9,000-plus acre development is authorized for more than 15,000 new homes, according to its website. A video on its website coaxes potential buyers: “True believers know the California dream is within reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a residential area and surrounding dry land.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Silverwood project, a community development under construction, in Hesperia on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hesperia-ca#demographics\">Hesperia\u003c/a>, which is almost two-thirds Hispanic and also has median incomes far below the state average, is anticipating continued growth as housing costs soar in other parts of California. Its planning includes rezoning some areas to allow for higher-density housing, which could bring more affordable housing, said Ryan Leonard, Hesperia’s principal planner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people are willing to make a commute to San Bernardino, Riverside or Ontario — a 45-minute to an hour commute — they can afford to buy a home here when they might not be able to afford that same home down the hill,” Leonard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Summer electric bills soar to $500 or more\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the California towns at most risk of intensifying heat, people are already saddled with big power bills because of their reliance on air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, households in Lancaster, Palmdale and Apple Valley pay on average $200 to $259 a month for electricity, compared to a $177 average in Southern California Edison’s service area, according to California Public Utilities Commission data as of May 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summer months, average power use in these communities nearly triples compared to spring months, so some people’s bills can climb above $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And their bills are likely to grow as climate change intensifies heat waves and \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240722-public-advocates-office-q2-2024-electric-rates-report.pdf#page=5\">utility rates rise\u003c/a>: Californians are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/05/californians-electricity-rates/\">paying about twice as much\u003c/a> for electricity than a decade ago. The state’s rates are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/electricity-price-rate-pge-19429422.php\">among the highest in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diane Carlson moved to \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/palmdale-ca#demographics\">Palmdale\u003c/a>, north of Los Angeles, 30 years ago. The housing was much cheaper, and she wanted to move where her children could attend school near where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, she’s felt the temperatures in Palmdale rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said her electric bill during the summers used to average about $500, a significant chunk of her household budget. About four years ago, though, she had solar panels installed on their home, which cut her bill in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t not run the air conditioner all day, even if you run it low,” she said. “You wouldn’t survive otherwise. The heat is too oppressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With multiple days in the summer reaching at least 115 degrees, Carlson is conscious that there may be a future where Palmdale isn’t livable for her anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Will it get as hot as Death Valley?” she wondered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, reached \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-03/death-valley-sets-another-record-for-july-august-also-expected-to-be-above-average\">record temperatures\u003c/a> in July, averaging 108.5 degrees; the high was 121.9, tying a 1917 record. In comparison, Palmdale by 2050 is projected to have 25 days where the maximum temperature exceeds 105, up from nine days in the 2010s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said she’d consider moving to the East Coast, where she’s originally from. But she’d face hurricanes rather than the heat. It all comes down to making a decision: “Which negatives are you willing to deal with?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\" alt=\"A man rides a bicycle past a house with a tent, table, several products and a woman standing in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street vendor sells fans and mini pools in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hughes, who lives in subsidized housing in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/lancaster-ca\">Lancaster\u003c/a>, said surviving the heat means constantly checking the weather forecast and strategically cooling her home to keep electricity costs low. “I have air conditioning, a swamp cooler and two fans,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a day when the temperature doesn’t reach triple digits, the air conditioner might stay off; she opens the windows and turns on the fans instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003216\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\" alt=\"An infrared thermometer showing 137.3 degrees on the display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An infrared thermometer showing street surface temperature reaching 137 degrees in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local leaders say they know more must be done to protect their residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lancaster opens cooling centers in libraries for residents who need respite from the heat. During heat waves, residents ride buses for free, and city programs provide water and other resources to homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it adequate? Of course, it’s not adequate,” Mayor R. Rex Parris said. “If you’ve got people who don’t read or don’t get a newspaper sitting in a sweltering apartment, the information is not getting to them, and we know it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parris said air conditioning is necessary for families to stay cool in the hot desert summers, but with utility costs so high, it’s becoming a luxury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003218\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\" alt=\"A wire sculpture of a woman holding a leaf.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wire sculpture on a light pole in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, he said the city is prioritizing hydrogen energy, which could lower electric bills in the long term. A new housing tract will be powered by solar panels and batteries that store power, backed up by hydrogen fuel cells, which will be cheaper than if the homes drew energy entirely from the grid, said Jason Caudle, head of Lancaster Energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif, the Apple Valley mayor, said his town helps residents finance costly rooftop solar panels that can cut their power bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Educating our public on how to save on their electric bills is a big thing because you can’t live up here without air conditioning,” Nassif said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cooling centers aren’t enough to protect people\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a Saturday morning in Visalia, as temperatures climbed to 99 degrees, Maribel Jimenez brought her 2-year-old son to an indoor playground to beat the heat. She sat at a kid-sized table with her son, Mateo, as he played with toy screws and blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez, 33, has lived in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/visalia-ca/\">Visalia\u003c/a> her whole life. She grew up on a dairy farm and remembers playing outdoors for hours in the summers. But things have changed. She can’t imagine letting her son play outdoors under the scorching sun. She worries he’s not getting the outdoor playtime he should be getting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely gotten much hotter,” Jimenez said. “You can’t even have your kids outside. We want to take him out to the playground, but it’s too hot. By the time it cools down in the evening, it’s his bedtime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, she and her family go to the mall for walks or anywhere where there’s air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as he’s out, he’s happy,” she said. “We try our best to protect him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003223\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman sit next to a small child by a fishing pond.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maribel Jimenez and Oscar Olmedo play with their son Mateo in the fishing pond at the ImagineU Children’s Museum in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat on the body can happen quickly and can affect people of all ages and health conditions. Once symptoms of heat stroke begin — increased heart rate and a change in mental status — cooling off within 30 minutes is crucial to survival, said Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many municipalities react to extreme heat by following state or county rules, which often involve opening cooling centers in public places when temperatures rise above a certain level for multiple days in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want people to be in a space where your body can control its core temperature,” Aragón said. “It’s safer to be in an air-conditioned place (that) cools your body down. That’s what cooling centers are for. I tell people, go to the supermarket, go to the library, go to a cooling center, go and just let your body cool down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But community advocates say cooling centers are ineffective because they’re underused. Many people are unaware of them, and others have no transportation to reach them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone is used to that being the answer for what we do when it gets extremely hot,” said Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Climate Resolve. “We need to expand our imagination to figure out other ways of taking care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victorville has complied with the 2015 state law requiring plans to handle climate change, and Hesperia is in the process of updating its plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Los Angeles County is an example of a local government that has gone above and beyond to comply, Parfrey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has updated its emergency preparedness plans and is in the early phases of developing a heat-specific plan for unincorporated areas, which will include urban greening and changes to the built environment to make neighborhoods cooler, said Ali Frazzini, policy director at the county’s Chief Sustainability office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\" alt=\"A water park playground area filled with adults and children.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families playing at the water park area of Adventure Park in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just about preventing deaths and other terrible outcomes of heat waves, although that’s extremely important,” Frazzini said. “It’s really about having livable communities where kids can play outside, and street vendors can run their businesses without risk of overexposure.”[aside postID=\"news_11999014,science_1994107,news_11878134\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parfrey said the state plays a role, but “they’re not in charge of the roads or building codes or where you put a water fountain or how you build a local park. All of that has to be done at a local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, the Newsom administration issued an Extreme Heat Action Plan outlining state steps to make California more resilient to extreme heat. That includes funding new community resilience centers where people can cool down as well as find resources or shelter during other emergencies, such as wildfires. It’s a model that some community advocates prefer over traditional cooling centers that are underutilized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has granted almost $98 million for 24 projects so far, said Anna Jane Jones, who leads the development of the centers for the state’s Strategic Growth Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Visalia, Jimenez said her family doesn’t have many options for cool spaces where her young son can be entertained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At home, the family uses the air conditioner sparingly and keeps the blinds closed. During a heat wave, their power bill can climb to $250. If the bills were lower, she’d use the air conditioner all the time. “We have to do what we have to do,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez and her husband have thought twice about expanding their family and have floated the idea of moving somewhere else, but many of the affordable options, like Texas or Arizona, are even hotter than Visalia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Global warming is a thing, and the heat isn’t getting any better anytime soon,” she said. “Everybody’s paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters identified the California communities most at risk — the top 1% of the state’s more than 8,000 census tracts that have grown by more than 500 people in recent years and are expected to experience the most intensifying heat under climate change projections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results: Lancaster and Palmdale in Los Angeles County; Apple Valley, Victorville and Hesperia in San Bernardino County; Lake Elsinore and Murrieta in Riverside County; and the Central Valley cities of Visalia, Fresno, Clovis and Tulare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2050, neighborhoods in those 11 inland cities are expected to experience 25 or more high heat days every year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://cal-adapt.org/tools/extreme-heat/\">data from researchers\u003c/a> at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Colorado Boulder and UC Berkeley. A high heat day is when an area’s maximum temperature exceeds the top 2% of its historic high — in other words, temperatures that soar above some of the highest levels ever recorded there this century. (The projections were based on an intermediate scenario for future planet-warming emissions.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these places facing this dangerous combination of worsening heat waves and growing populations are low-income Latino communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing much more rapid warming of inland areas that were already hotter to begin with,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an extreme contrast between the people who live within 5 to 10 miles of the beach and people who live as little as 20 miles inland,” he said. “It’s these inland areas where we see people who…are killed by this extreme heat or whose lives are at least made miserable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-graphics-heat-housing.netlify.app/heat-days-lookup?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_0&parentTitle=More%20extreme%20heat%20%2B%20more%20people%20%3D%20danger%20in%20these%20CA%20cities%20-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fenvironment%2Fclimate-change%2F2024%2F09%2Fcalifornia-extreme-heat-population-growth-inland-communities%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While temperatures are projected to rise across the state, neighborhoods along the coast will remain much more temperate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Long Beach, for instance, are not projected to experience significantly more high heat days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco will average six days a year in the 2050s, exceeding 87 degrees, compared to four days in the 2020s. In contrast, Visalia will jump from 17 days exceeding 103 degrees to 32 — more than a full month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the growing inland populations, the cooler coastal counties — where more than two-thirds of Californians now live — are expected to lose about 1.3 million residents by 2050, according to the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High temperatures can be deadly, triggering heat strokes and \u003ca href=\"https://hms.harvard.edu/news/climate-change-fueled-weather-events-linked-worsened-heart-health#:~:text=Certain%20types%20of%20extreme%20weather,increased%20risk%20of%20heart%20disease.\">heart attacks\u003c/a> and exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/climate-change-and-asthma/\">asthma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039694/\">diabetes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidney.org/press-room/new-study-heat-waves-climate-change-pushing-kidney-patients-to-er\">kidney failure\u003c/a> and other illnesses, even some \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/priorities/climate-infectious-disease.html\">infectious diseases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003222\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a pink shirt and sun glasses sits in a folding chair with a board in her lap.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassandra Hughes sits on a folding chair alongside her car in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">extreme heat contributed to\u003c/a> more than 5,000 hospitalizations and almost 10,600 emergency department visits over the past decade — and the health effects “fall disproportionately on already overburdened” Black people, Latinos and Native Americans, according to a recent state report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City and county officials must grapple with how to protect residents who already are struggling to stay cool and pay their electric bills. Despite the warnings, many local governments have failed to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_201520160sb379\">A 2015 state law \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379\">required municipalities\u003c/a> to update their general plans, safety plans or hazard mitigation plans to include steps countering the effects of climate change, such as cooling roofs and pavement or urban greening projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only about half of California’s 540 cities and counties had complied with new plans as of last year, according to the environmental nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.climateresolve.org/ounce-of-prevention/\">Climate Resolve\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The California dream or a hellish reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An exodus from California’s coastal regions is a\u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-moving-in/\"> decadeslong trend\u003c/a>, said Eric McGhee, a policy director who researches California demographic changes at the Public Policy Institute of California. People are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-has-remote-work-affected-migration-around-the-state/\">moving away from the coasts,\u003c/a> especially the Los Angeles region and Bay Area, to elsewhere in California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 104,000 people moved from the Bay Area to the Sacramento area, the Inland Empire and the San Joaquin Valley in 2021 and 2022 and about 95,000 moved from Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County to those same inland regions, according to data collected from the \u003ca href=\"https://usa.ipums.org/usa/\">Census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGhee said most people moving inland are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-population-shifts-may-lead-to-new-income-divides/\">low-income and middle-income Californians \u003c/a>looking to expand their families, find cheaper housing and live comfortably — and they’re willing to sacrifice other privileges, like cool weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is “becoming more expensive, more exclusive in the places that are least likely to experience extreme heat,” Swain said. As a result, he said, “the people who are most at risk of extreme heat” — those with limited financial resources — “are precisely the people experiencing extreme heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/scZs5/10/\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Bernardino County city of \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/victorville-ca?redirect=true#demographics\">Victorville\u003c/a> — which is 55% Hispanic and has median incomes far below the state average — is among California’s fastest-growing areas, adding more than 12,500 new residents between 2018 and 2022. Nearby Apple Valley and Hesperia grew by about 3,000 and 6,000 people, respectively, while Lancaster, Palmdale and Visalia added between about 10,000 and 12,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Victorville on an August day that reached 97 degrees, Eduardo Ceja wiped sweat from his forehead as he worked at Superior Grocers store, retrieving shopping carts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work is often grueling in this Mojave Desert town. He sometimes drinks five bottles of water to stay hydrated as he works, with the concrete parking lot radiating the heat back onto his skin. When he’s done pushing carts, he recovers in the air-conditioned store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ceja, 20, moved to nearby Apple Valley about a year ago, around the same time the new grocery store opened. He used to sleep on his parents’ couch in the San Gabriel Valley town of Covina, east of Los Angeles, which is often more than 10 degrees cooler than Apple Valley on summer days. But he wanted a place to himself at a low cost, so now he pays $400 a month for a bedroom in his brother’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since he moved here, he’s observed many businesses, including his own employer, expanding or opening in Apple Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I notice a lot of people from L.A. are coming here,” he said. It makes sense to him. “Out here, the apartments have more space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003221\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a black shirt stands outside by a tree.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Valley Mayor Scott Nassif on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/apple-valley-ca/#demographics\">Apple Valley\u003c/a> Mayor Scott Nassif has seen his desert town grow and get hotter over his lifetime. When he moved to the area in 1959, only a few thousand people lived there. Now it’s home to more than 75,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif remembers only a few days that would reach above 100 degrees and multiple snowstorms in the winter. Now, snowstorms are rare, and weeklong heat waves above 110 degrees are commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extreme heat “is noticeable,” he said. “I don’t think there was a day under 100 in July.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif attributes the town’s growing population to its good schools, a semi-rural lifestyle and affordable housing for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the high desert town of Hesperia, growth is evident. Banners advertising “New homes!” are posted throughout the town, luring potential buyers to tract home communities. Residents are cautiously eyeing a new development, called the Silverwood Community, that has recently broken ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive, 9,000-plus acre development is authorized for more than 15,000 new homes, according to its website. A video on its website coaxes potential buyers: “True believers know the California dream is within reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a residential area and surrounding dry land.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Silverwood project, a community development under construction, in Hesperia on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hesperia-ca#demographics\">Hesperia\u003c/a>, which is almost two-thirds Hispanic and also has median incomes far below the state average, is anticipating continued growth as housing costs soar in other parts of California. Its planning includes rezoning some areas to allow for higher-density housing, which could bring more affordable housing, said Ryan Leonard, Hesperia’s principal planner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people are willing to make a commute to San Bernardino, Riverside or Ontario — a 45-minute to an hour commute — they can afford to buy a home here when they might not be able to afford that same home down the hill,” Leonard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Summer electric bills soar to $500 or more\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the California towns at most risk of intensifying heat, people are already saddled with big power bills because of their reliance on air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, households in Lancaster, Palmdale and Apple Valley pay on average $200 to $259 a month for electricity, compared to a $177 average in Southern California Edison’s service area, according to California Public Utilities Commission data as of May 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summer months, average power use in these communities nearly triples compared to spring months, so some people’s bills can climb above $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And their bills are likely to grow as climate change intensifies heat waves and \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240722-public-advocates-office-q2-2024-electric-rates-report.pdf#page=5\">utility rates rise\u003c/a>: Californians are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/05/californians-electricity-rates/\">paying about twice as much\u003c/a> for electricity than a decade ago. The state’s rates are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/electricity-price-rate-pge-19429422.php\">among the highest in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diane Carlson moved to \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/palmdale-ca#demographics\">Palmdale\u003c/a>, north of Los Angeles, 30 years ago. The housing was much cheaper, and she wanted to move where her children could attend school near where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, she’s felt the temperatures in Palmdale rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said her electric bill during the summers used to average about $500, a significant chunk of her household budget. About four years ago, though, she had solar panels installed on their home, which cut her bill in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t not run the air conditioner all day, even if you run it low,” she said. “You wouldn’t survive otherwise. The heat is too oppressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With multiple days in the summer reaching at least 115 degrees, Carlson is conscious that there may be a future where Palmdale isn’t livable for her anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Will it get as hot as Death Valley?” she wondered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, reached \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-03/death-valley-sets-another-record-for-july-august-also-expected-to-be-above-average\">record temperatures\u003c/a> in July, averaging 108.5 degrees; the high was 121.9, tying a 1917 record. In comparison, Palmdale by 2050 is projected to have 25 days where the maximum temperature exceeds 105, up from nine days in the 2010s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said she’d consider moving to the East Coast, where she’s originally from. But she’d face hurricanes rather than the heat. It all comes down to making a decision: “Which negatives are you willing to deal with?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\" alt=\"A man rides a bicycle past a house with a tent, table, several products and a woman standing in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street vendor sells fans and mini pools in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hughes, who lives in subsidized housing in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/lancaster-ca\">Lancaster\u003c/a>, said surviving the heat means constantly checking the weather forecast and strategically cooling her home to keep electricity costs low. “I have air conditioning, a swamp cooler and two fans,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a day when the temperature doesn’t reach triple digits, the air conditioner might stay off; she opens the windows and turns on the fans instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003216\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\" alt=\"An infrared thermometer showing 137.3 degrees on the display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An infrared thermometer showing street surface temperature reaching 137 degrees in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local leaders say they know more must be done to protect their residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lancaster opens cooling centers in libraries for residents who need respite from the heat. During heat waves, residents ride buses for free, and city programs provide water and other resources to homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it adequate? Of course, it’s not adequate,” Mayor R. Rex Parris said. “If you’ve got people who don’t read or don’t get a newspaper sitting in a sweltering apartment, the information is not getting to them, and we know it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parris said air conditioning is necessary for families to stay cool in the hot desert summers, but with utility costs so high, it’s becoming a luxury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003218\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\" alt=\"A wire sculpture of a woman holding a leaf.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wire sculpture on a light pole in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, he said the city is prioritizing hydrogen energy, which could lower electric bills in the long term. A new housing tract will be powered by solar panels and batteries that store power, backed up by hydrogen fuel cells, which will be cheaper than if the homes drew energy entirely from the grid, said Jason Caudle, head of Lancaster Energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif, the Apple Valley mayor, said his town helps residents finance costly rooftop solar panels that can cut their power bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Educating our public on how to save on their electric bills is a big thing because you can’t live up here without air conditioning,” Nassif said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cooling centers aren’t enough to protect people\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a Saturday morning in Visalia, as temperatures climbed to 99 degrees, Maribel Jimenez brought her 2-year-old son to an indoor playground to beat the heat. She sat at a kid-sized table with her son, Mateo, as he played with toy screws and blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez, 33, has lived in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/visalia-ca/\">Visalia\u003c/a> her whole life. She grew up on a dairy farm and remembers playing outdoors for hours in the summers. But things have changed. She can’t imagine letting her son play outdoors under the scorching sun. She worries he’s not getting the outdoor playtime he should be getting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely gotten much hotter,” Jimenez said. “You can’t even have your kids outside. We want to take him out to the playground, but it’s too hot. By the time it cools down in the evening, it’s his bedtime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, she and her family go to the mall for walks or anywhere where there’s air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as he’s out, he’s happy,” she said. “We try our best to protect him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003223\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman sit next to a small child by a fishing pond.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maribel Jimenez and Oscar Olmedo play with their son Mateo in the fishing pond at the ImagineU Children’s Museum in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat on the body can happen quickly and can affect people of all ages and health conditions. Once symptoms of heat stroke begin — increased heart rate and a change in mental status — cooling off within 30 minutes is crucial to survival, said Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many municipalities react to extreme heat by following state or county rules, which often involve opening cooling centers in public places when temperatures rise above a certain level for multiple days in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want people to be in a space where your body can control its core temperature,” Aragón said. “It’s safer to be in an air-conditioned place (that) cools your body down. That’s what cooling centers are for. I tell people, go to the supermarket, go to the library, go to a cooling center, go and just let your body cool down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But community advocates say cooling centers are ineffective because they’re underused. Many people are unaware of them, and others have no transportation to reach them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone is used to that being the answer for what we do when it gets extremely hot,” said Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Climate Resolve. “We need to expand our imagination to figure out other ways of taking care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victorville has complied with the 2015 state law requiring plans to handle climate change, and Hesperia is in the process of updating its plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Los Angeles County is an example of a local government that has gone above and beyond to comply, Parfrey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has updated its emergency preparedness plans and is in the early phases of developing a heat-specific plan for unincorporated areas, which will include urban greening and changes to the built environment to make neighborhoods cooler, said Ali Frazzini, policy director at the county’s Chief Sustainability office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\" alt=\"A water park playground area filled with adults and children.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families playing at the water park area of Adventure Park in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just about preventing deaths and other terrible outcomes of heat waves, although that’s extremely important,” Frazzini said. “It’s really about having livable communities where kids can play outside, and street vendors can run their businesses without risk of overexposure.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">\u003ci>Read in English\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]E[/dropcap]n julio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992779/extreme-california-heat-wave-poses-danger-even-in-normally-cool-san-francisco\">San José superó los 100 grados\u003c/a> durante varios días. Gilberta Acevedo lleva 10 años trabajando en un Taco Bell de la zona oeste de la ciudad, en ese tiempo ha soportado muchas olas de calor. Pero esta vez, el calor era intolerable para ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“En cuanto entrabas en la cocina, empezabas a sudar”, dijo ella. “Era peor que entrar en un horno”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hacía semanas que el aire acondicionado había dejado de funcionar”, dijo Acevedo. “La cabeza me empezó a dar vueltas y, aunque bebía agua, me daban ganas de vomitar”, explica Acevedo. “Pero llegué a un punto en el que supe que tenía que hacer algo. Peligraba mi salud. Tengo hijos y no puedo seguir trabajando así”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tras pedirle a su supervisor que mejoraran las condiciones en la cocina varias veces y el no ver ningún resultado, Acevedo, junto con sus compañeros de trabajo y con la ayuda del Sindicato de Trabajadores de Comida Rápida de California, organizó una huelga de un día en julio para exigir que la dirección de la empresa hiciera reparaciones e instruyera a los empleados sobre cómo evitar las enfermedades causadas por las altas temperaturas. Poco después de la huelga, la gerencia reparó el aire acondicionado y organizó cursos de capacitación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necesitamos un lugar seguro para trabajar. Aunque estemos bajo techo, el calor realmente también nos puede afectar”, afirma. Y Acevedo no es la única, ya que trabajadores de todo el estado \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989975/taco-bell-kfc-workers-in-san-jose-walk-out-over-hot-dangerous-conditions\">han tenido que tomar medidas para exigir protecciones contra el calor excesivo\u003c/a> a lo largo de este verano, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-could-be-worlds-hottest-year-june-breaks-records-2024-07-08/\">el más caluroso del mundo jamás registrado\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ahora hay buenas noticias: California acaba de promulgar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991314/california-board-approves-long-awaited-heat-protections-for-most-indoor-workers\">protecciones contra el calor para los empleados que trabajan en interiores\u003c/a>. A partir del 24 de julio, la Junta Estatal de Normas de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (o Cal/OSHA por sus siglas en inglés) hará cumplir toda \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">una serie de normas que protegen a los trabajadores de interior\u003c/a>, independientemente de su situación migratoria o laboral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durante casi dos décadas, Cal/OSHA ha tenido protecciones para las \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955907/derechos-laborales-ola-de-calor\">personas que trabajan al aire libre, como los trabajadores agrícolas y los conductores de reparto\u003c/a>, por ejemplo, pero éstas nunca incluyeron a los empleados en interiores. Ahora, los millones de californianos que trabajan en almacenes, oficinas, restaurantes, supermercados y casi todos los demás lugares de trabajo en interiores están legalmente protegidos por el estado cuando trabajan en condiciones de calor excesivo o peligroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED habló tanto con Cal/OSHA como con defensores de los derechos laborales para comprender mejor estas nuevas protecciones en el lugar de trabajo y cómo los trabajadores pueden defenderse si su empleador no cumple las normas y permite un entorno de trabajo peligrosamente caluroso. E incluso si usted no se siente cómodo hablando de estas cosas con su supervisor, usted todavía tiene opciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Cuándo se aplican las nuevas protecciones contra el calor en interiores en California?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas tienen \u003ca href=\"http://(PDF,%20enlace%20en%20ingl%C3%A9s)\">una decena de páginas\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y se dividen en dos secciones:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sus derechos como empleado y las responsabilidades de su empleador cuando las temperaturas en el lugar de trabajo \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Qué debe hacer su empleador cuando las temperaturas \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que estas normas se refieren a la temperatura de la zona donde trabaja, no a la temperatura que hace afuera, en la calle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California tardó mucho tiempo en hacer oficiales estas normas laborales. La Legislatura \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167\">aprobó por primera vez un proyecto de ley que pedía estas regulaciones en 2016\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), pero no sería hasta siete años más tarde cuando Cal/OSHA presentó un borrador de las posibles normas. El borrador tardaría varios meses más en \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980459/california-workers-heat-illness-protections\">pasar por diferentes organismos estatales\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y, finalmente, el 23 de julio, la Oficina de Derecho Administrativo dio el visto bueno definitivo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una trabajadora coloca una pupusa terminada en un plato en un restaurante de Hayward. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cuando las temperaturas alcanzan los 82 grados en el interior de su lugar de trabajo, su empleador debe proporcionarle cuatro cosas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Agua para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Los empleadores deben proporcionar a cada trabajador al menos dos galones de agua al día, lo que equivale a unas dos botellas de agua de 16.9 onzas por hora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta agua debe ser “fresca, pura y adecuadamente enfríada”, dijo Eric Berg, jefe de salud de Cal/OSHA. “El agua debe ser gratuita. Los empleadores nunca pueden cobrar a los empleados por ello”, dijo. “Tiene que estar lo más cerca posible del lugar donde los empleados están trabajando”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador necesita más agua durante su turno, debe poder beber toda la que necesite sin temor a represalias. Si la gente se queda sin agua, es responsabilidad del jefe tener un plan para conseguir más agua antes de que se acabe, no de los empleados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Zonas de descanso para los empleados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>“Puede tratarse de una zona con sombra al aire libre o de un área de descanso interior que sea fresca”, explica Berg. Este espacio debe mantenerse a una temperatura inferior a 82 grados y estar disponible siempre que un trabajador sienta que lo necesita. Estas zonas de descanso también deben ser lo suficientemente amplias como para que los empleados quepan cómodamente y disponer de agua fresca de forma accesible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, añade Berg, estas zonas deben ser espacios que los trabajadores no se sientan desanimados a utilizar, como el despacho del director. “No va a sentirse cómodo descansando en el despacho del gerente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Descanso para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Según las nuevas normas, los trabajadores de California tienen derecho a tomarse descansos preventivos para refrescarse siempre que sientan que están a punto de sobrecalentarse. Este descanso puede realizarse en la zona de enfriamiento designada en cualquier momento durante el turno de un trabajador. Mientras se toman ese descanso, su supervisor tiene que preguntarles si están experimentando algún síntoma de enfermedad por calor. El trabajador puede seguir descansando hasta que se sienta preparado para volver al lugar de trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador siente o muestra \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/extreme-heat/signs-symptoms/index.html\">síntomas de enfermedad por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (como vómitos, desorientación, inestabilidad al caminar o comportamiento irracional), su supervisor debe prestarle de inmediato primeros auxilios o procurarle atención médica. Y si se descubre que alguien está sufriendo una enfermedad por calor, no se le puede ordenar que se reincorpore al trabajo hasta que todos sus síntomas hayan desaparecido y se haya recuperado por completo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Capacitación para empleados y supervisores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Tanto los empleados como los supervisores deben recibir cursos de formación sobre estas nuevas protecciones de Cal/OSHA, que son obligatorias por ley. Los trabajadores deben conocer los síntomas de las enfermedades causadas por el calor, mientras que los empleadores deben asegurarse de que los supervisores estén entrenados sobre cómo vigilar la salud de su mismo equipo y qué hacer durante una emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Una vez que su lugar de trabajo alcanza los 87 grados, su jefe todavía tiene que proporcionarle las cuatro protecciones básicas (agua, zonas de enfriamiento, descanso y capacitación) mencionadas anteriormente. Pero además de eso, también tienen que empezar a adoptar lo que Cal/OSHA llama “medidas de evaluación y control”.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Qué significa esto? En pocas palabras, su empleador tiene que comenzar a llevar un registro detallado de la temperatura en su lugar de trabajo durante todo el turno de trabajo. Los registros tienen que incluir la fecha, la hora y la ubicación específica de todas las temperaturas medidas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y algo importante que hay que aclarar: su empleador no puede limitarse a consultar la aplicación meteorológica de su teléfono y registrar esa temperatura. Tiene que medir manualmente la temperatura del propio lugar de trabajo con un termómetro real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disponer de este registro también puede ayudar a los trabajadores en el futuro si necesitan denunciar un lugar de trabajo inseguro, dijo AnaStacia Nicol Wright, responsable de políticas de Worksafe, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de derechos laborales con sede en Oakland que lleva años abogando por la protección contra el calor en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si el empleado opta por emprender algún tipo de acción legal, podrá solicitar el acceso a los registros que se supone deberían conservarse”, explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algo más a tener en cuenta: si su trabajo requiere que usted use ropa de cuerpo completo a lo largo de su turno, su empleador está obligado a comenzar a llevar un registro de la temperatura antes, cuando es de 82 grados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La ropa de todo el cuerpo sería el equipo de protección o overoles destinados a proteger el producto o proteger al empleado de la contaminación”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “No incluye ropa que permita la transpiración, como un uniforme”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trabajadores preparando comidas congeladas en Amy’s Kitchen en Santa Rosa en 2022. Las protecciones contra el calor en California para los trabajadores de interior incluyen directrices para los que deben llevar ropa de cuerpo entero. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Está obligado mi empleador a instalar aire acondicionado durante una ola de calor?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, la nueva normativa sobre el calor no obliga a los empleadores a instalar aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo si no disponen ya de él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">En su reglamento\u003c/a> (PDF, sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA considera el aire acondicionado como un tipo de “medida de protección” y los empresarios “deberán utilizar medidas de protección … para minimizar el riesgo de enfermedades causadas por el calor”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se dispone de aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo, debe encenderse para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados. Lo mismo cabe decir de los ventiladores y enfriadores de agua disponibles. Y si esto no es suficiente para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados, los empleadores tienen que aplicar otras estrategias:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Requerir pausas para refrescarse con mayor frecuencia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rotar a los distintos trabajadores en las zonas de altas temperaturas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Distribuir entre los trabajadores equipos personales de protección contra el calor.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Pero si no hay aire acondicionado en el lugar, como ocurre en muchos hogares y lugares de trabajo del Área de la Bahía, el empleador no está obligado a instalarlo. Esto se debe a que Cal/OSHA tiene que tener en cuenta todos los diferentes tipos de lugares de trabajo de California antes de establecer una nueva norma, dijo Berg. Esta parte del reglamento “no impone una medida específica”, explicó. “Sólo dice que hay que examinar todos los controles posibles y aplicar lo que sea eficaz y factible para ese lugar de trabajo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, eso no impide que los trabajadores se unan para solicitar aire acondicionado si creen que lo necesitan, como fue el caso de Acevedo y sus compañeros de trabajo en el Taco Bell de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Se aplican estas protecciones a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas de Cal/OSHA protegen a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores en California, con una excepción: las personas que trabajan en prisiones, centros de detención locales y centros de menores. Las prisiones de California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">emplean a decenas de miles de guardias, enfermeras, conserjes y otros puestos\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), junto con casi 39 mil personas encarceladas que también tienen empleos en prisiones estatales, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983846/state-prisons-offset-new-inmate-wage-hikes-by-cutting-hours-for-some-workers\">la mayoría de las cuales ganan menos de $1 dólar por hora\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de que las prisiones también están expuestas al calor extremo, los funcionarios están investigando actualmente la muerte de una mujer encarcelada en el Centro de Mujeres de California Central en el condado de Madera que, según los defensores, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">fue un caso de agotamiento por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA no incluye a esta población en las nuevas protecciones. Esto se debe a que los reguladores acordaron eximir a las prisiones estatales como parte de un compromiso con la administración del gobernador Gavin Newsom, que alegó que \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983396/prison-workers-excluded-from-indoor-heat-protections-by-california-regulators\">incluir a las prisiones costaría a estas instalaciones miles de millones de dólares para cumplir\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Historias Relacionadas' tag='kqed-en-espanol']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuera de las prisiones, esta normativa se aplica en todos los lugares de trabajo interiores del estado, incluidos restaurantes, escuelas, oficinas, tiendas, almacenes, fábricas y cualquier otro tipo de instalación donde los empleados trabajen en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También se aplican cuando los trabajadores carecen de una situación legal permanente en Estados Unidos. “Todas nuestras normas que protegen a los trabajadores se aplican independientemente de los papeles que una persona pueda tener o no tener”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “El estatus migratorio no tiene ninguna importancia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las protecciones contra el calor también se aplican en los lugares de trabajo donde los empleados trabajan sin que exista un contrato de trabajo formal. Si hay un intercambio de dinero por el trabajo que está haciendo, eso establece una relación de empleador-empleado, incluso sin un contrato firmado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Donde trabajo la temperatura supera los 82 grados, pero mi empleador no respeta las nuevas normas. ¿Qué puedo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ahora que estas normas están en vigor, los trabajadores tienen un papel que desempeñar para asegurarse de que sus empleadores las cumplen realmente, dijo Wright, de Worksafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No podemos confiar sólo en la bondad de la gente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Primero, comparta la información\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si su empleador no les proporciona a usted y a sus compañeros de trabajo suficiente agua, descanso o capacitación durante una ola de calor, usted está protegido por la ley para informar de esto a su supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Es posible que desconozcan la nueva normativa y, si es así, puede compartir con ellos las normas completas de Cal/OSHA y hacerles saber que la agencia puede incluso ayudarles a crear un plan para cumplir todos los requisitos (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Llevar un registro de lo que ocurre\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Por desgracia, no todos los trabajadores tienen una relación positiva con su supervisor. Si cree que su empleador simplemente se niega a ofrecerle protección contra el calor, Wright le recomienda que empiece a documentar lo que ocurre en el trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Documente, registre y anote cada vez que su empleador no le proporcione estas protecciones”, dice. Estas anotaciones no tienen qué ser demasiado complejas, añade, pueden ser tan sencillas como hacer una nota rápida en su teléfono o en un pedazo de papel que guarde para usted, en la que describa cosas como pedir agua a su supervisor o un descanso para refrescarse y que se lo nieguen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basta con anotar la fecha y la hora”, dice Wright. A continuación, ofrece un ejemplo de lo que podría ser una anotacióna eficaz:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>1 de julio: no había zona de descanso. A la 1:30 p.m. le pregunté a mi jefe si podía sentarme y tomar un descanso en su despacho porque tiene aire acondicionado y me dijo que no. Volví a preguntarle a las 3:30 p.m. porque le dije que no me sentía bien. Me volvió a decir que no.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llevar un registro de todo lo que sucede en su lugar de trabajo le ayudará más adelante si decide presentar una queja contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA. Con eso en mente, Wright recomienda hablar con su empleador sobre problemas de calor a través de correo electrónico o texto para que tenga un registro escrito de su respuesta también.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ahora se puede complicar”, dijo, “porque una vez que empiece a documentar las cosas de esa manera, especialmente si usted trabaja en un lugar donde normalmente no se habla a través de correspondencia electrónica (su empleador) probablemente tendrá la idea de que está tratando de establecer las bases para un caso legal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se pone nervioso por cómo pueda reaccionar su jefe si empieza a hablar de lo que está pasando en su trabajo, otra opción es hablar primero con sus compañeros de trabajo y comprobar si ellos también están sufriendo con el calor. “Si actúa en pares, si fuese a quejarse con otro empleado, estaría participando en lo que se considera ‘acción concertada’ y eso le da algunas protecciones adicionales”, dijo Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mantenga la calma y documente cualquier cosa que esté sucediendo y que vaya en contra de los derechos que el estado le otorga legalmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede presentar una queja sobre seguridad contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA poniéndose en contacto con la oficina de zona de la agencia más cercana a su lugar de trabajo. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DistrictOffices.htm\">Una lista con la información de contacto de cada oficina de la zona está disponible en el sitio web de Cal/OSHA\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). Incluso puede presentar una queja de forma anónima si teme posibles represalias por parte de su empleador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si le da nervios ponerse en contacto con Cal/OSHA, también puede acudir a una de las muchas organizaciones de California que ofrecen asistencia jurídica gratuita a los trabajadores para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en su puesto de trabajo:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics/workers-rights-clinic/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: 415-404-9093\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help#workers-rights\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: 415-896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/workers-rights/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a> (Oakland): 510-437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lrcl.org/workers-rights\">La Raza Centro Legal\u003c/a> (San Francisco): 415-575-3500\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tuwu.org/\">Trabajadores Unidos Workers United\u003c/a>: 415-621-4155\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rightscenter.org/es/get-help/\">Center for Workers’ Rights\u003c/a> (Sacramento): 916-905-5857\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://crla.org/es\">California Rural Legal Assistance\u003c/a> (Central Valley): 800-337-0690\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Y si la empresa toma represalias contra usted?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Documentar cuando su empleador no le está manteniendo seguro y hablar de ello está protegido por la ley en California. De hecho, es ilegal que un empleador despida o reduzca las horas de trabajo de alguien que hable sobre sus derechos laborales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos laborales”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero lamentablemente hay que tener en cuenta que esto podría ponerle en el ojo del huracán de su empleador y arriesgar perder su trabajo por ello”, dijo Wright. “No es justo. No está bien. Cada vez que tenemos un cliente, tenemos que decirles de lo que puede suceder una vez que usted presenta una denuncia contra su empleador.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si usted pierde su trabajo o sus horas laborales después de hablar con su empleador acerca de las protecciones contra el calor, usted tiene una razón para presentar una denuncia de represalia con la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral del estado. Puede presentar una \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">queja por represalias\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) en línea llamando al 714-558-4913 o por correo electrónico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral tarda varios meses en tramitar una denuncia, este organismo tiene potestad para investigar a los empleadores, imponer sanciones y devolver a los trabajadores afectados el salario perdido o incluso su trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Esta guía incluye información de Farida Jhabvala Romero y Brian Krans, de KQED.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necesitamos un lugar seguro para trabajar. Aunque estemos bajo techo, el calor realmente también nos puede afectar”, afirma. Y Acevedo no es la única, ya que trabajadores de todo el estado \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989975/taco-bell-kfc-workers-in-san-jose-walk-out-over-hot-dangerous-conditions\">han tenido que tomar medidas para exigir protecciones contra el calor excesivo\u003c/a> a lo largo de este verano, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-could-be-worlds-hottest-year-june-breaks-records-2024-07-08/\">el más caluroso del mundo jamás registrado\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ahora hay buenas noticias: California acaba de promulgar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991314/california-board-approves-long-awaited-heat-protections-for-most-indoor-workers\">protecciones contra el calor para los empleados que trabajan en interiores\u003c/a>. A partir del 24 de julio, la Junta Estatal de Normas de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (o Cal/OSHA por sus siglas en inglés) hará cumplir toda \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">una serie de normas que protegen a los trabajadores de interior\u003c/a>, independientemente de su situación migratoria o laboral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durante casi dos décadas, Cal/OSHA ha tenido protecciones para las \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955907/derechos-laborales-ola-de-calor\">personas que trabajan al aire libre, como los trabajadores agrícolas y los conductores de reparto\u003c/a>, por ejemplo, pero éstas nunca incluyeron a los empleados en interiores. Ahora, los millones de californianos que trabajan en almacenes, oficinas, restaurantes, supermercados y casi todos los demás lugares de trabajo en interiores están legalmente protegidos por el estado cuando trabajan en condiciones de calor excesivo o peligroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED habló tanto con Cal/OSHA como con defensores de los derechos laborales para comprender mejor estas nuevas protecciones en el lugar de trabajo y cómo los trabajadores pueden defenderse si su empleador no cumple las normas y permite un entorno de trabajo peligrosamente caluroso. E incluso si usted no se siente cómodo hablando de estas cosas con su supervisor, usted todavía tiene opciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Cuándo se aplican las nuevas protecciones contra el calor en interiores en California?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas tienen \u003ca href=\"http://(PDF,%20enlace%20en%20ingl%C3%A9s)\">una decena de páginas\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y se dividen en dos secciones:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sus derechos como empleado y las responsabilidades de su empleador cuando las temperaturas en el lugar de trabajo \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Qué debe hacer su empleador cuando las temperaturas \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que estas normas se refieren a la temperatura de la zona donde trabaja, no a la temperatura que hace afuera, en la calle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California tardó mucho tiempo en hacer oficiales estas normas laborales. La Legislatura \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167\">aprobó por primera vez un proyecto de ley que pedía estas regulaciones en 2016\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), pero no sería hasta siete años más tarde cuando Cal/OSHA presentó un borrador de las posibles normas. El borrador tardaría varios meses más en \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980459/california-workers-heat-illness-protections\">pasar por diferentes organismos estatales\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y, finalmente, el 23 de julio, la Oficina de Derecho Administrativo dio el visto bueno definitivo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una trabajadora coloca una pupusa terminada en un plato en un restaurante de Hayward. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cuando las temperaturas alcanzan los 82 grados en el interior de su lugar de trabajo, su empleador debe proporcionarle cuatro cosas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Agua para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Los empleadores deben proporcionar a cada trabajador al menos dos galones de agua al día, lo que equivale a unas dos botellas de agua de 16.9 onzas por hora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta agua debe ser “fresca, pura y adecuadamente enfríada”, dijo Eric Berg, jefe de salud de Cal/OSHA. “El agua debe ser gratuita. Los empleadores nunca pueden cobrar a los empleados por ello”, dijo. “Tiene que estar lo más cerca posible del lugar donde los empleados están trabajando”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador necesita más agua durante su turno, debe poder beber toda la que necesite sin temor a represalias. Si la gente se queda sin agua, es responsabilidad del jefe tener un plan para conseguir más agua antes de que se acabe, no de los empleados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Zonas de descanso para los empleados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>“Puede tratarse de una zona con sombra al aire libre o de un área de descanso interior que sea fresca”, explica Berg. Este espacio debe mantenerse a una temperatura inferior a 82 grados y estar disponible siempre que un trabajador sienta que lo necesita. Estas zonas de descanso también deben ser lo suficientemente amplias como para que los empleados quepan cómodamente y disponer de agua fresca de forma accesible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, añade Berg, estas zonas deben ser espacios que los trabajadores no se sientan desanimados a utilizar, como el despacho del director. “No va a sentirse cómodo descansando en el despacho del gerente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Descanso para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Según las nuevas normas, los trabajadores de California tienen derecho a tomarse descansos preventivos para refrescarse siempre que sientan que están a punto de sobrecalentarse. Este descanso puede realizarse en la zona de enfriamiento designada en cualquier momento durante el turno de un trabajador. Mientras se toman ese descanso, su supervisor tiene que preguntarles si están experimentando algún síntoma de enfermedad por calor. El trabajador puede seguir descansando hasta que se sienta preparado para volver al lugar de trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador siente o muestra \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/extreme-heat/signs-symptoms/index.html\">síntomas de enfermedad por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (como vómitos, desorientación, inestabilidad al caminar o comportamiento irracional), su supervisor debe prestarle de inmediato primeros auxilios o procurarle atención médica. Y si se descubre que alguien está sufriendo una enfermedad por calor, no se le puede ordenar que se reincorpore al trabajo hasta que todos sus síntomas hayan desaparecido y se haya recuperado por completo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Capacitación para empleados y supervisores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Tanto los empleados como los supervisores deben recibir cursos de formación sobre estas nuevas protecciones de Cal/OSHA, que son obligatorias por ley. Los trabajadores deben conocer los síntomas de las enfermedades causadas por el calor, mientras que los empleadores deben asegurarse de que los supervisores estén entrenados sobre cómo vigilar la salud de su mismo equipo y qué hacer durante una emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Una vez que su lugar de trabajo alcanza los 87 grados, su jefe todavía tiene que proporcionarle las cuatro protecciones básicas (agua, zonas de enfriamiento, descanso y capacitación) mencionadas anteriormente. Pero además de eso, también tienen que empezar a adoptar lo que Cal/OSHA llama “medidas de evaluación y control”.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Qué significa esto? En pocas palabras, su empleador tiene que comenzar a llevar un registro detallado de la temperatura en su lugar de trabajo durante todo el turno de trabajo. Los registros tienen que incluir la fecha, la hora y la ubicación específica de todas las temperaturas medidas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y algo importante que hay que aclarar: su empleador no puede limitarse a consultar la aplicación meteorológica de su teléfono y registrar esa temperatura. Tiene que medir manualmente la temperatura del propio lugar de trabajo con un termómetro real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disponer de este registro también puede ayudar a los trabajadores en el futuro si necesitan denunciar un lugar de trabajo inseguro, dijo AnaStacia Nicol Wright, responsable de políticas de Worksafe, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de derechos laborales con sede en Oakland que lleva años abogando por la protección contra el calor en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si el empleado opta por emprender algún tipo de acción legal, podrá solicitar el acceso a los registros que se supone deberían conservarse”, explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algo más a tener en cuenta: si su trabajo requiere que usted use ropa de cuerpo completo a lo largo de su turno, su empleador está obligado a comenzar a llevar un registro de la temperatura antes, cuando es de 82 grados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La ropa de todo el cuerpo sería el equipo de protección o overoles destinados a proteger el producto o proteger al empleado de la contaminación”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “No incluye ropa que permita la transpiración, como un uniforme”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trabajadores preparando comidas congeladas en Amy’s Kitchen en Santa Rosa en 2022. Las protecciones contra el calor en California para los trabajadores de interior incluyen directrices para los que deben llevar ropa de cuerpo entero. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Está obligado mi empleador a instalar aire acondicionado durante una ola de calor?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, la nueva normativa sobre el calor no obliga a los empleadores a instalar aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo si no disponen ya de él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">En su reglamento\u003c/a> (PDF, sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA considera el aire acondicionado como un tipo de “medida de protección” y los empresarios “deberán utilizar medidas de protección … para minimizar el riesgo de enfermedades causadas por el calor”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se dispone de aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo, debe encenderse para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados. Lo mismo cabe decir de los ventiladores y enfriadores de agua disponibles. Y si esto no es suficiente para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados, los empleadores tienen que aplicar otras estrategias:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Requerir pausas para refrescarse con mayor frecuencia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rotar a los distintos trabajadores en las zonas de altas temperaturas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Distribuir entre los trabajadores equipos personales de protección contra el calor.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Pero si no hay aire acondicionado en el lugar, como ocurre en muchos hogares y lugares de trabajo del Área de la Bahía, el empleador no está obligado a instalarlo. Esto se debe a que Cal/OSHA tiene que tener en cuenta todos los diferentes tipos de lugares de trabajo de California antes de establecer una nueva norma, dijo Berg. Esta parte del reglamento “no impone una medida específica”, explicó. “Sólo dice que hay que examinar todos los controles posibles y aplicar lo que sea eficaz y factible para ese lugar de trabajo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, eso no impide que los trabajadores se unan para solicitar aire acondicionado si creen que lo necesitan, como fue el caso de Acevedo y sus compañeros de trabajo en el Taco Bell de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Se aplican estas protecciones a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas de Cal/OSHA protegen a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores en California, con una excepción: las personas que trabajan en prisiones, centros de detención locales y centros de menores. Las prisiones de California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">emplean a decenas de miles de guardias, enfermeras, conserjes y otros puestos\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), junto con casi 39 mil personas encarceladas que también tienen empleos en prisiones estatales, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983846/state-prisons-offset-new-inmate-wage-hikes-by-cutting-hours-for-some-workers\">la mayoría de las cuales ganan menos de $1 dólar por hora\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de que las prisiones también están expuestas al calor extremo, los funcionarios están investigando actualmente la muerte de una mujer encarcelada en el Centro de Mujeres de California Central en el condado de Madera que, según los defensores, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">fue un caso de agotamiento por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA no incluye a esta población en las nuevas protecciones. Esto se debe a que los reguladores acordaron eximir a las prisiones estatales como parte de un compromiso con la administración del gobernador Gavin Newsom, que alegó que \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983396/prison-workers-excluded-from-indoor-heat-protections-by-california-regulators\">incluir a las prisiones costaría a estas instalaciones miles de millones de dólares para cumplir\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuera de las prisiones, esta normativa se aplica en todos los lugares de trabajo interiores del estado, incluidos restaurantes, escuelas, oficinas, tiendas, almacenes, fábricas y cualquier otro tipo de instalación donde los empleados trabajen en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También se aplican cuando los trabajadores carecen de una situación legal permanente en Estados Unidos. “Todas nuestras normas que protegen a los trabajadores se aplican independientemente de los papeles que una persona pueda tener o no tener”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “El estatus migratorio no tiene ninguna importancia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las protecciones contra el calor también se aplican en los lugares de trabajo donde los empleados trabajan sin que exista un contrato de trabajo formal. Si hay un intercambio de dinero por el trabajo que está haciendo, eso establece una relación de empleador-empleado, incluso sin un contrato firmado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Donde trabajo la temperatura supera los 82 grados, pero mi empleador no respeta las nuevas normas. ¿Qué puedo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ahora que estas normas están en vigor, los trabajadores tienen un papel que desempeñar para asegurarse de que sus empleadores las cumplen realmente, dijo Wright, de Worksafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No podemos confiar sólo en la bondad de la gente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Primero, comparta la información\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si su empleador no les proporciona a usted y a sus compañeros de trabajo suficiente agua, descanso o capacitación durante una ola de calor, usted está protegido por la ley para informar de esto a su supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Es posible que desconozcan la nueva normativa y, si es así, puede compartir con ellos las normas completas de Cal/OSHA y hacerles saber que la agencia puede incluso ayudarles a crear un plan para cumplir todos los requisitos (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Llevar un registro de lo que ocurre\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Por desgracia, no todos los trabajadores tienen una relación positiva con su supervisor. Si cree que su empleador simplemente se niega a ofrecerle protección contra el calor, Wright le recomienda que empiece a documentar lo que ocurre en el trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Documente, registre y anote cada vez que su empleador no le proporcione estas protecciones”, dice. Estas anotaciones no tienen qué ser demasiado complejas, añade, pueden ser tan sencillas como hacer una nota rápida en su teléfono o en un pedazo de papel que guarde para usted, en la que describa cosas como pedir agua a su supervisor o un descanso para refrescarse y que se lo nieguen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basta con anotar la fecha y la hora”, dice Wright. A continuación, ofrece un ejemplo de lo que podría ser una anotacióna eficaz:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>1 de julio: no había zona de descanso. A la 1:30 p.m. le pregunté a mi jefe si podía sentarme y tomar un descanso en su despacho porque tiene aire acondicionado y me dijo que no. Volví a preguntarle a las 3:30 p.m. porque le dije que no me sentía bien. Me volvió a decir que no.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llevar un registro de todo lo que sucede en su lugar de trabajo le ayudará más adelante si decide presentar una queja contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA. Con eso en mente, Wright recomienda hablar con su empleador sobre problemas de calor a través de correo electrónico o texto para que tenga un registro escrito de su respuesta también.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ahora se puede complicar”, dijo, “porque una vez que empiece a documentar las cosas de esa manera, especialmente si usted trabaja en un lugar donde normalmente no se habla a través de correspondencia electrónica (su empleador) probablemente tendrá la idea de que está tratando de establecer las bases para un caso legal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se pone nervioso por cómo pueda reaccionar su jefe si empieza a hablar de lo que está pasando en su trabajo, otra opción es hablar primero con sus compañeros de trabajo y comprobar si ellos también están sufriendo con el calor. “Si actúa en pares, si fuese a quejarse con otro empleado, estaría participando en lo que se considera ‘acción concertada’ y eso le da algunas protecciones adicionales”, dijo Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mantenga la calma y documente cualquier cosa que esté sucediendo y que vaya en contra de los derechos que el estado le otorga legalmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede presentar una queja sobre seguridad contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA poniéndose en contacto con la oficina de zona de la agencia más cercana a su lugar de trabajo. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DistrictOffices.htm\">Una lista con la información de contacto de cada oficina de la zona está disponible en el sitio web de Cal/OSHA\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). Incluso puede presentar una queja de forma anónima si teme posibles represalias por parte de su empleador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si le da nervios ponerse en contacto con Cal/OSHA, también puede acudir a una de las muchas organizaciones de California que ofrecen asistencia jurídica gratuita a los trabajadores para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en su puesto de trabajo:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics/workers-rights-clinic/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: 415-404-9093\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help#workers-rights\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: 415-896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/workers-rights/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a> (Oakland): 510-437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lrcl.org/workers-rights\">La Raza Centro Legal\u003c/a> (San Francisco): 415-575-3500\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tuwu.org/\">Trabajadores Unidos Workers United\u003c/a>: 415-621-4155\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rightscenter.org/es/get-help/\">Center for Workers’ Rights\u003c/a> (Sacramento): 916-905-5857\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://crla.org/es\">California Rural Legal Assistance\u003c/a> (Central Valley): 800-337-0690\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Y si la empresa toma represalias contra usted?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Documentar cuando su empleador no le está manteniendo seguro y hablar de ello está protegido por la ley en California. De hecho, es ilegal que un empleador despida o reduzca las horas de trabajo de alguien que hable sobre sus derechos laborales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos laborales”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero lamentablemente hay que tener en cuenta que esto podría ponerle en el ojo del huracán de su empleador y arriesgar perder su trabajo por ello”, dijo Wright. “No es justo. No está bien. Cada vez que tenemos un cliente, tenemos que decirles de lo que puede suceder una vez que usted presenta una denuncia contra su empleador.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si usted pierde su trabajo o sus horas laborales después de hablar con su empleador acerca de las protecciones contra el calor, usted tiene una razón para presentar una denuncia de represalia con la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral del estado. Puede presentar una \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">queja por represalias\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) en línea llamando al 714-558-4913 o por correo electrónico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral tarda varios meses en tramitar una denuncia, este organismo tiene potestad para investigar a los empleadores, imponer sanciones y devolver a los trabajadores afectados el salario perdido o incluso su trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Esta guía incluye información de Farida Jhabvala Romero y Brian Krans, de KQED.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After two wet winters in a row, summer heat has turned California’s tremendously thick layer of grass and shrubs into fuel for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/wildfires\">many of the wildfires\u003c/a> that are burning across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of that vegetation baked to a crisp under a record-shattering heat wave that stretched on for days and is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993179/bay-areas-extreme-heat-wave-is-easing-but-only-briefly\">set to dial up again\u003c/a> across Northern California after a slight cooldown on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of vegetation, and with the heat and the wind that we’ve been seeing, it’s dried out significantly,” Chelsea Burkett, a public information officer with Cal Fire’s Santa Clara Unit, told KQED. “There’s always potential for a fire to start and to spread easily in the type of vegetation we’re seeing\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heat shot above 110 degrees in many cities, especially in the Central Valley, and Redding hit a record at 119 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dead brush on the ground across Northern California is “becoming critically flammable,” according to the \u003ca href=\"https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/psp/npsg/forecast/#/outlooks?forecastDay=2015-07-07&forecastInView=2015-07-07&state=sideBySide&gaccId=4\">latest forecast from the National Interagency Fire Center\u003c/a>, and “the heat wave will flip the switch in terms of flammability in the live woody fuels across the lower and some mid-elevations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the heat dried out some of California’s forests enough that they are now primed to burn, edging the state beyond an active grass fire season as wildfires rip through the Klamath and Tahoe national forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many dozens of other smaller fires have ignited and then were quickly suppressed during the past week by some of the 7,000-plus firefighters working across the state, supported by a near-constant deployment of helicopters and planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 1,197 fires have started across Northern California and 2,396 in Southern California this summer, according to the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf\">tally from the National Interagency Fire Center (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After keeping the Royal Fire from running away across Placer County in the Tahoe National Forest near Sugar Bowl with a steady barrage of water and retardant released from planes, officials cleared an area of the dense forest to drop firefighters in using helicopters on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These crews are wielding chainsaws and other hand tools to hack lines around the fire, which is currently 15% contained but only a few hundred acres in size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California’s far north, the Shelly Fire continues to churn through the dense Marble Mountain Wilderness near the Pacific Crest Trail and Shelly Lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That blaze has consumed more than 8,285 acres and is burning in the vicinity of the communities of Etna and Greenview, threatening more than 4,200 homes and buildings in a situation that Chris Christofferson, forest supervisor for the Klamath National Forest, called “gravely serious” \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=773527387999135\">during a community town hall on Monday night.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have seen a number of communities like this be threatened by wildfire, whether it was Quincy, or destroyed by wildfire, Greenville and Paradise,” Christofferson said. “And so when I look at this, I am very concerned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials have ordered bulldozers and hand crews to construct a series of pockets, fire breaks they hope will keep it from threatening the rural communities nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of you are probably in an evacuation zone; I am too. Please heed the warnings,” Siskiyou County Supervisor Ray Haupt said at the town hall. “I’ve lost six friends in recent years in Siskiyou County because they refused to go. These fires are nothing to mess around with. I can help you rebuild homes, but I can’t bring friends back to life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A blistering California heat wave over the past week and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/death-valley-will-hit-130-degrees-break-world-record-blistering-heatwa-rcna160401\">hottest temperature ever recorded\u003c/a> on Earth. That kind of extreme heat has led to more deaths than wildfires and cost billions of dollars over a decade, according to the state insurance department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following through on a mandate from 2022, a new report from the department looked at seven extreme heat events in the state from 2013 to 2022 and found they took the lives of several hundred Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The events also had a total economic impact of $7.7 billion in the form of lost wages and productivity, agricultural and manufacturing disruptions, power outages, infrastructure damage and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s top 20 deadliest wildfires, dating back to 1933, killed a total of 312 people, \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-deadliest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=dddeac543dd84d21a4b01ad6bed5f48c&hash=6A2BD57BB8EC29DB9EC0C94F92B00F52\">according to Cal Fire\u003c/a>. The death toll from the extreme heat events identified by the Insurance Department was higher — estimated at nearly 460 in a first-of-its-kind report the department released last week. And it is likely that the toll was actually greater, at nearly 4,000 in a decade, a 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-extreme-heat-deaths-show-climate-change-risks/#nt=0000017c-3247-d42d-adfd-32ef494d0000-showMedia-title-promoSuperLeadSmall-1col-enhancement\">Los Angeles Times analysis\u003c/a> showed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Mendez, an assistant professor of environmental planning and policy at UC Irvine and author of “Climate Change from the Streets,” agreed that the toll is most likely higher because extreme heat’s effects can be hard to designate and quantify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important to understand that heat is a silent killer,” Mendez said. Yet extreme heat “requires the same amount of speed in action that large disasters get, such as wildfires,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the main goals of the report is to provide data that can help inform and lead to action by policymakers, governments, businesses and the insurance industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is little to no insurance coverage available for some effects and costs of extreme heat, such as lost wages for workers, power outages for residents and businesses, and damage to railways, according to the report.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"heat-wave\"]Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the department are under pressure to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/06/california-pushes-insurers-to-cover-more-homes-in-these-areas-is-your-zip-included/\">tackle the insurance availability and affordability issues\u003c/a> that have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/03/california-home-insurance-market/\">plagued the state\u003c/a> because some insurers have stopped renewing or writing new homeowner policies here, citing wildfire risk as a big factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also follows years of warnings about extreme heat and other \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/04/california-climate-change-report-legislature/\">effects of climate change\u003c/a> by other state entities, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>, and lawmakers’ efforts to address them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">The 92-page report\u003c/a>, which assesses the insured and uninsured costs of heat and recommends quick action and changes, was mandated by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238\">a bill Lara sponsored that was signed into law\u003c/a> in 2022, whose main goal was to establish an extreme heat ranking system. That system, \u003ca href=\"https://calheatscore.calepa.ca.gov/\">CalHeatScore\u003c/a>, is being developed now by the state Environmental Protection Agency with help from other state agencies and is set to roll out next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat are disproportionately borne by low-income communities, older adults and outdoor workers, the report also found. Black, Native American and Hispanic Californians had the highest rates of deaths, respectively, compared with Asian and white California residents, during the events examined by the report. That’s why the report’s authors — the Insurance Department, with input from the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/Climate-Insurance-Working-Group-Members.cfm\">Climate Insurance Working Group\u003c/a> and a consultant it hired to produce the report — call for equity when thinking about extreme heat policies and programs by considering the needs of vulnerable populations, including elderly people living alone, and outdoor and indoor workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the hundreds of deaths, the report showed that extreme heat resulted in more than 5,000 hospitalizations, almost 10,600 emergency department visits, more than 138,000 outpatient visits and nearly 344 adverse birth outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cI95K/4\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Baughman McLeod is chief executive of Climate Resilience for All, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing extreme heat for vulnerable communities. She is part of the working group and said the data from this new report could help with the “normalization of insurance products related to heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could use this data to create forecast-based insurance products that pay out when the forecast for the heat wave comes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baughman McLeod would know — she has worked with insurers on \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/reuters-events/trailblazers/trailblazing-women-climate-2024-kathy-baughman-mcleod-2024-03-07/\">creating new insurance products\u003c/a>, such as insurance that helps replace women’s income in India when they’re unable to work on extremely hot days because the products they sell might spoil or their work hours are reduced. She also helped create insurance for coral reefs in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the effects of extreme heat on health and life insurance are not known yet. Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven, director of health and demography at global insurance think tank The Geneva Association, said the Insurance Department’s findings align with some of her organization’s findings on health, climate and insurance, especially the disproportionate effects on the elderly and vulnerable populations. She said there is hardly any climate-sensitive data on mortality or morbidity when processing insurance claims, except for deaths from wildfires or possibly extreme heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example, a medical professional is likely to report a stroke as just a stroke without specifying that it was induced by prolonged heat exposure,” Bhattacharya-Craven said. “There are no tools to consistently capture such information right now… In the long run, we need to map vulnerability with more granularity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other main recommendations in the report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Expand investment in planning for disasters, as well as use existing state and federal funding to prioritize efforts such as strengthening infrastructure against extreme weather, and restoring access to trees and green spaces.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Encourage strategies to try to reduce heat-related illnesses and injuries for workers across sectors. That includes incentivizing businesses to “meet benchmarks above the minimum indoor and outdoor temperature standards” set by governments.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Improve tracking costs of planning for extreme heat events.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The report also recommends planting more trees, which could help provide shade, improve health outcomes, reduce energy needs and more. It also calls for cooling systems for dairy cows, which is important because California is the largest dairy producer in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of the recommendations are already happening in some fashion. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/06/extreme-heat-california-workplace-rules/\">recently approved a rule\u003c/a> requiring employers to reduce the risk of extreme heat for warehouse, restaurant and other workers. After a long delay, it’s set to take effect in August. Also last week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5026745/extreme-heat-protections-for-workers-osha\">federal OSHA proposed a rule,\u003c/a> years in the making, that tells employers how they should protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat when temperatures reach two thresholds: 80 degrees and 90 degrees.[aside label=\"More Coverage\" tag=\"heat\"]Municipalities such as Los Angeles have programs that help certain residents afford air conditioners or that break up their utility bills so they’re more manageable, so residents don’t avoid using their air conditioners when needed. Cooling and resilience centers in different parts of the state help people who need relief from the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom last week\u003cem> \u003c/em>signed a budget that slashed $107.8 million in funding for programs and projects that address extreme heat and shifted $55.7 million across different programs. The cuts affect funding and other help for tribal, local and regional entities to establish heat action plans, provide shade, expand green spaces, educate the public about heat and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of that funding could be restored through a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/05/california-climate-programs-newsom-budget/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=California%20voters%20likely%20to%20decide%20%2420%20billion%20in%20bonds%20for%20climate%20and%20schools&utm_campaign=WhatMatters\">bond measure\u003c/a> proposed by lawmakers for the November ballot, including raising hundreds of millions of dollars for extreme heat programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As extreme heat events become more common, Baughman McLeod said the report’s findings are just a first step. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the department are under pressure to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/06/california-pushes-insurers-to-cover-more-homes-in-these-areas-is-your-zip-included/\">tackle the insurance availability and affordability issues\u003c/a> that have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/03/california-home-insurance-market/\">plagued the state\u003c/a> because some insurers have stopped renewing or writing new homeowner policies here, citing wildfire risk as a big factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also follows years of warnings about extreme heat and other \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/04/california-climate-change-report-legislature/\">effects of climate change\u003c/a> by other state entities, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>, and lawmakers’ efforts to address them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">The 92-page report\u003c/a>, which assesses the insured and uninsured costs of heat and recommends quick action and changes, was mandated by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238\">a bill Lara sponsored that was signed into law\u003c/a> in 2022, whose main goal was to establish an extreme heat ranking system. That system, \u003ca href=\"https://calheatscore.calepa.ca.gov/\">CalHeatScore\u003c/a>, is being developed now by the state Environmental Protection Agency with help from other state agencies and is set to roll out next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat are disproportionately borne by low-income communities, older adults and outdoor workers, the report also found. Black, Native American and Hispanic Californians had the highest rates of deaths, respectively, compared with Asian and white California residents, during the events examined by the report. That’s why the report’s authors — the Insurance Department, with input from the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/Climate-Insurance-Working-Group-Members.cfm\">Climate Insurance Working Group\u003c/a> and a consultant it hired to produce the report — call for equity when thinking about extreme heat policies and programs by considering the needs of vulnerable populations, including elderly people living alone, and outdoor and indoor workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the hundreds of deaths, the report showed that extreme heat resulted in more than 5,000 hospitalizations, almost 10,600 emergency department visits, more than 138,000 outpatient visits and nearly 344 adverse birth outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cI95K/4\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Baughman McLeod is chief executive of Climate Resilience for All, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing extreme heat for vulnerable communities. She is part of the working group and said the data from this new report could help with the “normalization of insurance products related to heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could use this data to create forecast-based insurance products that pay out when the forecast for the heat wave comes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baughman McLeod would know — she has worked with insurers on \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/reuters-events/trailblazers/trailblazing-women-climate-2024-kathy-baughman-mcleod-2024-03-07/\">creating new insurance products\u003c/a>, such as insurance that helps replace women’s income in India when they’re unable to work on extremely hot days because the products they sell might spoil or their work hours are reduced. She also helped create insurance for coral reefs in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the effects of extreme heat on health and life insurance are not known yet. Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven, director of health and demography at global insurance think tank The Geneva Association, said the Insurance Department’s findings align with some of her organization’s findings on health, climate and insurance, especially the disproportionate effects on the elderly and vulnerable populations. She said there is hardly any climate-sensitive data on mortality or morbidity when processing insurance claims, except for deaths from wildfires or possibly extreme heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example, a medical professional is likely to report a stroke as just a stroke without specifying that it was induced by prolonged heat exposure,” Bhattacharya-Craven said. “There are no tools to consistently capture such information right now… In the long run, we need to map vulnerability with more granularity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other main recommendations in the report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Expand investment in planning for disasters, as well as use existing state and federal funding to prioritize efforts such as strengthening infrastructure against extreme weather, and restoring access to trees and green spaces.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Encourage strategies to try to reduce heat-related illnesses and injuries for workers across sectors. That includes incentivizing businesses to “meet benchmarks above the minimum indoor and outdoor temperature standards” set by governments.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Improve tracking costs of planning for extreme heat events.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The report also recommends planting more trees, which could help provide shade, improve health outcomes, reduce energy needs and more. It also calls for cooling systems for dairy cows, which is important because California is the largest dairy producer in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of the recommendations are already happening in some fashion. The state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/06/extreme-heat-california-workplace-rules/\">recently approved a rule\u003c/a> requiring employers to reduce the risk of extreme heat for warehouse, restaurant and other workers. After a long delay, it’s set to take effect in August. Also last week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5026745/extreme-heat-protections-for-workers-osha\">federal OSHA proposed a rule,\u003c/a> years in the making, that tells employers how they should protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat when temperatures reach two thresholds: 80 degrees and 90 degrees.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And at parades all across the country, from Brattleboro, Vermont, to Waco, Texas, to Alameda, California, revelers dressed up in red, white and blue and waved the Stars and Stripes in commemoration of Independence Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/off-charts-summer-travel-holiday-a16bd3b45aa6733a758fff030f2ff4d2#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Travel,for%20airfares%2C%20gasoline%20and%20hotels.\">Travel records were projected to fall\u003c/a> with people jamming airports and crowding highways to reach Fourth of July celebrations that will stretch into a long weekend for many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the East Coast, some would-be beachgoers in Connecticut were turned away as parking at state parks filled to capacity, including a 2-mile stretch at Hammonasset Beach State Park, the state’s largest shoreline beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11992781 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1409046890-scaled.jpg']Across the West, meanwhile, residents \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-california-kansas-missouri-gulf-coast-78d043f305799deb83860b09e65096ef\">dealt with stifling heat\u003c/a> as the National Weather Service warned of a “significant and extremely dangerous” heat wave across much of the region. Some spots in the desert Southwest were expecting temperatures topping 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and hot, muggy conditions also permeated the Deep South and Middle Atlantic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heat advisory in Philadelphia that came with temperatures tipping into the 90s didn’t stop crowds from gathering at historic sites in the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the National Constitution Center, volunteer actors dressed in Revolutionary War-era costume made of heavy wool, despite the heat. Participants said it was worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It keeps you connected to your neighborhood and where you live,” said Adrian Mercado, who donned a 6th Pennsylvania Regiment uniform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evening fireworks were scheduled over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, after a concert by Ne-Yo and Kesha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In New York City, Macy’s annual fireworks show fired off thousands of projectiles from the Hudson River, lighting up the skylines of Manhattan, Hoboken, and Jersey City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Queens, bright golden and orange exploding orbs could be seen silhouetting the Empire State Building, itself lit up in red, white and blue. Mild weather brought residents to their rooftops, where many lit their own fireworks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is how we celebrate. It’s the bombs bursting in air. It’s the rockets’ red glare. That’s how people show their pride and patriotism,” said Julie Heckman of the American Pyrotechnics Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All signs pointed to big celebrations: The Transportation Security Administration reported that a record of nearly 3 million people traveled through airports in a single day last week, a figure expected to be broken this week. AAA projected that 60.6 million people will travel by car during the holiday period. Part of the boost was attributed to easing inflation, though many Americans remain \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-conference-board-economy-inflation-59ddb80cf0828329e0cf98fb6321f040\">concerned about the economy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In suburban Chicago, Highland Park resumed its annual parade on the second anniversary of a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/shootings-chicago-4b266791802b8d5154efb1bacff3fb38\">mass shooting that took seven lives\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/july-4th-parade-shooting-chicago-fdaaeaa48097af0a709b34ca75a8c486\">injured dozens at the 2022 event\u003c/a>. Residents gathered at a middle school for a remembrance before the parade, which followed a different route than in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\",news_11992779,news_11992832,news_11992737\"]“July Fourth is always going to be a day of mixed emotion,” Mayor Nancy Rotering said. “We come forth today hoping we as a community can remember and honor the lives lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The holiday celebrating the establishment of a new country free from British rule is traditionally marked by barbecue, cold drinks and the Stars and Stripes on flagpoles and on clothing, in addition to the parades. But some were also celebrating in other ways unique to their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course there was the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joey-chestnut-nathans-hotdog-eating-contest-2024-c1d4ac988ca44ffc1bd5ea691dc161ac\">annual hot dog eating contest\u003c/a> on New York’s Coney Island, where a new champion chomper emerged: Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men’s title. In the women’s competition, Miki Sudo of Florida downed 51 links to notch her 10th title and set a new record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alaska, the city of Seward got a head start with a fireworks display at midnight, as thousands of people gathered on a rocky beach during the brief window when the sky dims this time of year in the land of the midnight sun. The shells burst over Resurrection Bay as people watched in silence. “It was absolutely magical,” resident Iris Woolfolk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Northern California city of Oroville’s annual \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-8091a7f73b1765b440f9923d76f8e664\">fireworks were canceled\u003c/a> due to the Thompson Fire. Thousands of people who were evacuated were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Containment of the Thompson Fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County also increased to 29% from 7%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993043\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993043 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighting C-130 Hercules tanker releases fire retardant on a ridge while battling the Thompson Fire in Oroville, Butte County, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The July Fourth holiday generally unites Americans in their shared love of country, but the 2024 version comes against a backdrop of deep \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ap-poll-democracy-rights-freedoms-election-b1047da72551e13554a3959487e5181a\">political polarization\u003c/a> and a divisive \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024\">presidential race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Boston, where tens of thousands were expected to enjoy the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, conductor Keith Lockhart said it’s inspiring to see people of different political stripes gather on Charles River Esplanade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he noted, “one would have to have one’s head pretty deeply stuck in the sand to not notice the deep divisions in our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers John O’Connor in Springfield, Illinois; Isabella O’Malley in Philadelphia; Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut; and Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico, contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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