A new study from Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, or SAJE, looks at how extreme heat effects renters like Lopez across Los Angeles. The nonprofit interviewed 58 mainly low-income tenants, and most said they didn't have air conditioning, either because they couldn't pay for it or because their landlord wouldn't allow it. LAist's Libby Rainey reports.

A <a href="https://www.saje.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Renters-Right-to-Cooling-FINAL-6.7.25.pdf">new study</a> from Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, or SAJE, looks at how extreme heat effects renters like Lopez across Los Angeles. The nonprofit interviewed 58 mainly low-income tenants, and most said they didn't have air conditioning, either because they couldn't pay for it or because their landlord wouldn't allow it. LAist's Libby Rainey reports.

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LA County renters without AC swelter in heat waves with little recourse, study finds. That might change

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Average life expectancy fell in L.A. County over the past decade – that was especially true in poor neighborhoods. That’s according to a report out this week from the research group Measure of America. LAist's Aaron Schrank reports.

Average life expectancy fell in L.A. County over the past decade &ndash; that was especially true in poor neighborhoods. That&rsquo;s according to a report out this week from the research group Measure of America. LAist's Aaron Schrank reports.

LA County renters without AC swelter in heat waves with little recourse, study finds. That might change

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