“I represent communities that are disproportionately bearing the brunt of extreme heat weather events. “I applaud the Governor’s and the joint authors’ continued leadership on these necessary extreme heat investments and policies that will save lives and close the protection gap for our most at-risk communities as we face more heat waves in the years ahead.”
Ranking heat waves will be a powerful new tool to protect all Californians alongside Governor Gavin Newsom’s extreme heat action plan,” said Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, who sponsored Assembly Bill 2238 and issued the first California Climate Insurance Report. “California is once again leading the world in fighting climate change and its deadly effects. The idea of ranking heat waves was first proposed by Commissioner Lara and his California Climate Insurance Working Group, which issued a new report in 2021 aimed at protecting Californians who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. With much of California in the grips of a record-breaking heat wave, Governor Gavin Newsom took urgent action today by signing Assembly Bill 2238, sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and jointly authored by Assemblymember Luz Rivas, Eduardo Garcia, and Cristina Garcia.ĪB 2238 will create the nation’s first statewide ranking and early warning system for heat waves to help Californians prepare. Commissioner Lara and bill supporters praise Governor Newsom’s signing of AB 2238
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