Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: V. Kelly Turner: Assistant Professor, Urban Planning; Assistant Professor, Geography; Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation; Associate Director of Urban Environment Research, Luskin Center for Innovation; Member, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: The Legislature did little to address failures to protect communities from extreme heat that were identified in a state-commissioned study released last year by UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, which found the state’s response was fragmented “with no centrally-responsible authority.”

UCLA News: “Heat is one of the greatest climate injustices facing California, yet we have no coordinated action,” Turner said. “So you get piecemeal actions that don’t actually address the problem.” 

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