Public Health Watch

Environment

As California’s Central Valley bakes, calls grow for renter protections

Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Public Health Watch

Advocates want state and local officials to set a maximum indoor temperature standard for residences.
Environment

California’s aging population is on front lines of extreme heat

Salina Arredondo, Public Health Watch

By the end of this decade, 10.8 million Californians — or one quarter of the state’s population — will be over 60 years old. That could push the state to change the way it prepares for rising temperatures.