Aug. 18, 2025 6:05 PM PT
To the editor: Rising temperatures attributed to local weather change have pushed Los Angeles County leaders to mandate that landlords in unincorporated areas preserve their items under 82 levels (“Rental units in unincorporated L.A. County must stay cool under new law,” Aug. 5). This may require extra air conditioners, which is able to spew extra scorching air out of buildings and into the streets, growing the city warmth island impact. In the meantime, the extra required A/C items will eat extra electrical energy, which is still largely produced by burning fossil fuels, and thus will produce extra carbon dioxide, a greenhouse fuel, which is able to additional warmth the planet.
What an excellent resolution our county supervisors have cooked up! Can they rewrite these pesky legal guidelines of physics for us subsequent?
Jack Debes, Santa Monica
