Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: Colleen Callahan: Co-Executive Director, Luskin Center for Innovation; Affiliate, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: A report last year by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation found significant gaps in California’s policies confronting the extreme heat crisis and called for a more coordinated approach.

UCLA News: The state has made progress in confronting extreme heat, such as the 2021 budget infusion that focused on addressing the problem, Callahan said. That funding is now estimated at $865 million.

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