The Los Angeles City Council is expected to consider a measure requiring landlords to enable rental units to be kept at 82 degrees or below during summer months.

That comes as climate change ratchets up extreme heat, which already kills more people in the United States each year than any other weather-related event.

Los Angeles landlords may soon be required to keep rental units cool — or at least make it possible for tenants to do so.

County supervisors last month passed a law requiring landlords in unincorporated areas to provide a way to keep their rental units at 82 degrees or below. A measure introduced Wednesday in the Los Angeles City Council directs officials to draft language conforming to the same standards.

That comes as climate change ratchets up the frequency and inte

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