As Extended Extreme Heat Scorches Schools, Governor Newsom’s Administrationand State Legislators to Highlight Historic$150 Million Investment to Help Green California Schools
    As Extended Extreme Heat Scorches Schools, Governor Newsom’s Administrationand State Legislators to Highlight Historic$150 Million Investment to Help Green California Schools
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    As Extended Extreme Heat Scorches Schools, Governor Newsom’s Administrationand State Legislators to Highlight Historic$150 Million Investment to Help Green California Schools

    07 September 2022

    MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    WHEN:

    THURSDAY, September 8, 2022, 10:00 a.m. -10:40 a.m.
    ● 10:00 a.m. Media Availability in English and Spanish
    ● 10:25 a.m. Media Q&A

    WHERE:

    Pacoima Middle School
    9945 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima, CA 91331
    (entrance to parking lot is located at the corner of Glamis St. and Laurel Canyon Blvd.)
    Live Stream: https://www.facebook.com/TreePeopleorg

    WHAT:

    CA Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Sen. Bob Hertzberg, Assemblymembers LuzRivas and Lisa Calderon, LAUSD Board President Kelly Gonez,TreePeople, students and communitymembers will celebrate the historic investment of $150 million included in the state budget to greenschools across California. The action approved by the California Legislature and Governor GavinNewsom comes as six million CA school children attend asphalt-covered schoolyards during the longestand hottest heat wave to sweep across the state this year. The state’s unprecedented increasedinvestment, administered through CALFIRE, will provide additional resources to protect kids, teachersand the school community from extreme heat and the highly dangerous “urban heat island effect”. Shadefrom trees alone can lower surface temperatures by up to 45 degrees and cool the air around them,lowering air temperatures by up to 9 degrees.

    WHO:

    ● California Secretary for Natural Resources Agency Wade Crowfoot
    ● Senate Majority Leader Emeritus Bob Hertzberg
    ● California Assemblymember Luz Rivas, District 39 (San Fernando Valley)
    ● California Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, District 37 (San Gabriel Valley)
    ● Kelly Gonez, President LAUSD Board of Education, District 6
    ● Cindy Montañez, TreePeople CEO
    ● Local community leaders
    CONTACT:
    Erika Nuno, (323) 829-1690
    Email: erika@championcity.la
    Adam Thomas (818) 270-6468
    Email: athomas@treepeople.org
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