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About Last Week… ‘Please tread on me’

January 29, 2024 2:37 amJanuary 29, 2024 2:38 am

“Please tread on me.” Maybe the legislature wouldn’t exactly approve that textual change to the state flag – though some legislators might vote for it, considering their private proclivities – but at least it would be honest. There are more...

LA Board Of Supes Proposes Maximum Indoor Temperatures For Apartments During Warm Months

January 25, 2024 5:36 pmJanuary 25, 2024 5:38 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance this week that would set up a maximum indoor temperature threshold for rental units during hot months of the year. According to Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath, the ordinance...

CA’s New Climate Change Legislation Claiming ‘Extreme Heat’ Is False

February 13, 2021 10:35 amFebruary 15, 2021 7:47 am

Climate change is back on the docket as the California Legislature gets underway in 2021. But buyer beware: one proposed bill would mandate California students are taught about climate change as early as first grade and would make the subject...

New Climate Change Bill to Establish the CA Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program

February 12, 2021 7:20 amFebruary 12, 2021 7:32 am

Assembly Member Luz Rivas introduced Assembly Bill 585 this week to establish the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program to facilitate the implementation of regional and state climate change planning into effective projects. The bill would add Part 4.6 (commencing...

‘Tone deaf’ LA Mayor Garcetti Tweets Urging Residents to Conserve Energy

September 7, 2020 2:11 pm

On Sunday, a tweet by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti that said to use less electricity and not run the air conditioning very high despite a record heat wave faced severe backlash from thousands of LA residents. ‘Time to turn...