Los Angeles Daily News | "LA County Supervisors pass ordinance setting 82-degree max for inside rental units"

The Los Angeles Daily News quoted Dr. David Eisenman, a professor in the UCLA Fielding Department of Community Health Sciences, about the impact of a new ordinance that requires the temperature inside rental units in unincorporated Los Angeles County to never go above 82 degrees Fahrenheit, a measure intending to ward off health impacts caused by extreme heat.

The county ordinance, developed over nearly three years, received approval by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors in a 4-0 vote Aug. 5 and was set for a final vote Aug. 12.

"As a physician, I know just how dangerous — and how inequitable — this crisis can be,” Eisenman wrote in testimony submitted to the Board. “This ordinance is a necessary and pragmatic response. The 82°F threshold aligns with public health guidance and provides an enforceable standard that landlords can meet through either active or passive cooling.”

Read the Los Angeles Daily News article, which also ran in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whittier Daily News.