Sacramento city leaders consider opening clean air centers amid worsening air quality

Sonseeahray Tonsall reports

FORECAST RIGHT NOW USING FOX40 DOT COM OR THE FREE FOX, 40NEWS APP AND WITH THE DIXIEFIRE IN ITS 3RD WEEK ALL THEHAZARDS THEY ARE NOT ON THETHE SMOKE IN PARTICULAR MATTERFROM THE FIRES CAUSING HEALTHCONCERNS.FOX FORTY'S SONSEEAHRAYTONSALL LIVE IN STUDIO NOWWITH MORE ON WITH THE CITY OFSACRAMENTO LIKE DO IFCONDITIONS TO GET WORSE INSYRIA.MAYBE WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUTTHE CAPITAL CITY OPENINGCOOLING CENTERS DURING HEATWAVES.

WELL, IF AIR QUALITYGETS BAD ENOUGH CLEANER AIRTRIGGER FOR SUCH OPENINGS WILLBE DETERMINATION OF HAZARDOUSAIR BY CITY AIR QUALITYMANAGERS.

THE COUNTYDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHWHILE NO ONE WOULD ARGUE THATWHAT HAPPENED IN THE REGIONFIRES AMOUNTED TO GOOD AIRQUALITY, IT STILL DIDN'T HITTHE STANDARD TO START THISPROCESS SINCE COMMUNITYCENTERS WOULD DOUBLE AS CLEANAIR CENTERS, PROVIDING FOR ALLTHE NEEDS OF THE PUBLICACT.THERE'S OFTEN TIMES YOUPROGRAMMING COMMITMENTS THEIRSENIOR PROGRAMS, THERE'S FOODPANDEMIC WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARECLOSED A LOT OF TIMES THEYWERE STUDIO CLASSROOM.ENVIRONMENTS.

WE'VE ALSORANBAXY POP-UP CLINICS OUT OFPERSPECTIVE IN MIND, YOU KNOWWE'RE PRIORITIZING WHATPROGRAMS GET SHUT DOWN.I'M TOLD THE CITY WON'THESITATE TO OPT FOR SHUTDOWNHAVE ONE OF THESE PLACES UPAND RUNNING IN ABOUT 30MINUTES ONCE THE CALL IS MADETHE CENTER DOES OPEN IN THEFUTURE REMEMBER THEY ARE FORANYONE ANYONE WHO MAY NOT HAVEROOMS AT HOME NOT JUST THEUNHOUSED AND DIRECTOR BAUER,WHOM YOU JUST HEARD FROMDEFINITELY KNOWS ABOUT THEEFFECTS OF POOR AIR QUALITYHAVING JUST SPENT THE WEEKENDDEPLOYED TO THE RIVER FIRE TO