Healthcare Educator: Climate Change is Here, Californians Need to Take Action

Extreme becoming norm in parts of California

Manny Otiko
3 min readAug 30, 2023
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While many people in the Republican Party challenge the existence of climate change, Californians are already dealing with the effects. Some of those Californians were guest speakers at a recent press conference hosted by Ethnic Media Services.

Esther Bejarano, programs manager, Comite Civico del Valle Inc., is a healthcare educator who lives in El Centro in Imperial County. She talked about how extreme temperatures are forcing people to change their habits.

Bejarano said Imperial County has always been a hot place. But climate change has made it even hotter. Now the area is seeing temperatures averaging around 110. Bejarano said recently it was 100 degrees at 8 a.m.

Changing Habits

This is forcing people to change the way they live for the sake of their health. And that’s where Bejarano comes in.

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.