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SB 655 would push new housing to meet a 'safe' maximum indoor temperature as heat risk grows
Summary
Sen. Scott Wiener presented SB 655 to require HCD to identify and promote strategies so new residential dwellings can maintain a maximum indoor temperature of 82°F; witnesses emphasized heat as a public‑health threat and said the bill is a first step toward codifying HCD recommendations.
Sen. Scott Wiener presented SB 655, which would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to identify and promote passive and active strategies to enable new residential dwelling units to maintain a recommended maximum safe indoor air temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wiener and witnesses said extreme heat is an under‑appreciated, growing public‑health threat in California; HCD’s AB 209 report recommended an…
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