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Council Member Narcisse emphasizes the importance of home air conditioning
1:08:40
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse emphasizes the critical importance of home air conditioning, especially for vulnerable populations like seniors. She suggests that having air conditioning at home could be a matter of life and death in extreme heat situations.
- Narcisse compares the importance of air conditioning to essential items like diapers for those who need them
- She agrees with the focus on encouraging people to stay indoors during high heat or poor air quality events
- The council member questions what efforts are being made to increase home air conditioning access, particularly for seniors
Mercedes Narcisse
1:08:40
Thank you, chair.
1:08:42
Thank you for being here.
1:08:45
Like I see home air conditioning is very very important for those folks that don't have them.
1:08:55
Like I usually I used to say to to my staff when I used to have a DME, so diapers and chalks may not be important to you, but for the person that actually need it, it can be very very important.
1:09:09
But in this situation, home air conditioning can be a life and death situation for some.
1:09:18
So from my understanding that you rather, which I'm in agreement with what you said, you rather the focus should be for people to stay indoors especially when the AQI increase, right?
1:09:36
And even in the heat when it's really hot, you rather the person stay in their home air conditioning instead, right?
1:09:43
So in that, if it's that case, why don't we try our very best to increase the amount, especially when it comes to seniors, to have the air conditioning at home.
1:09:57
What are you doing to make sure that can happen in order to have people in the room, I mean on the street trying to get a place?
1:10:05
Are we doing any projects together?