Karen Bass: “We didn't need [air conditioning] until the last few years.”

“And I would just encourage tenants or other places. There are plenty of apartments and housing that have no air conditioning because frankly, We didn't need [air conditioning] until the last few years. as global warming has impacted our city. So we would like to promote taking advantage of those, and certainly in terms of employers and private employers to understand that they should not put their employees at risk.” (14:50–14:55)

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