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Council member Restler emphasizes need for regulatory structure for extreme heat protection

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Council Member Restler emphasizes the inadequacy of current solutions for extreme heat, such as sending people to cooling centers, and stresses the need for a regulatory structure to make homes safer during extreme heat events.

Restler points out that cooling centers are often closed on weekends and are inadequate
He argues that the current solution of sending people to cooling centers is insufficient
Restler appreciates HPD's sentiment about creating a regulatory structure to address the issue

Lincoln Restler

1:27:07

I really appreciate that response, and I appreciate the constructive kind of nature of your testimony and your engagement both prior to and at the hearing.

1:27:17

But I I raise the question just to say raise the point to say how lacking we are currently.

1:27:24

Right?

1:27:25

That, like, our only move is to send somebody to a cooling center that, like, we've all seen the reports are not open on weekends to, you know, overwhelmingly, are inadequate, inconvenient, lacking, like, that that's our solution to extreme heat is just not good enough.

1:27:40

Right?

1:27:41

And and so, appreciate your sentiment that that's why we need to create a regulatory structure to make it safer for people in their homes.

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