CA Legislation
A Healthy Heaping of Success!
CCPHA is thrilled that Governor Jerry Brown signed 12 of the 13 CCPHA-supported bills that the Legislature sent him. Like many advocates, we anxiously watched the news coming out of Governor Brown’s office over the last couple weeks to see how public health would fare in the new Administration. From safe drinking water to support for breastfeeding to hunger prevention, Governor Brown did the right thing for California’s health. Thank you, Governor Brown!
What's New
CA's 9th Largest City Bakersfield joins HEAL
Cities Campaign
On Tuesday, January 11, the City of Bakersfield--now the state's 9th largest city--joined the Healthy Eating Active Living Cities Campaign with a resolution acknowledging that the quality of the built environment, including neighborhood safety, sidewalks, streets, public transportation, restaurant and convenience store density, access to parks, trails, and grocery stores have a significant impact on the city’s obesity rates.
To turn the tide of obesity among adults and children, the City plans to encourage physical activity and good nutritional habits through a wide variety of goals, programs, ordinances, and policies ranging from mixed-use development to increasing open space, and from farmers markets to setting nutrition standards at park vending and concessions. For more information, click here.
As of today, 95 cities joined the HEAL Cities Campaign acknowledging that while personal lifestyle changes are necessary, individual effort alone is not sufficient to combat obesity. Establishing local policies is necessary to support individual efforts to make healthier choices. To learn more go to www.healcitiescampaign.org
Resources
CCPHA Campaigns
The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities Campaign now includes 95 cities across California. The campaign is a partnership between the League of California Cities and CCPHA and is funded by Kaiser Permanente. HEAL works with California cities to adopt policies that will improve the physical activity and food environments for all residents. HEAL offers training, technical assistance and publicity to help cities move forward on health.
The newest resource from the California Campaign for Healthy Beverages is the study California’s Soda Tax: Helping Cash-Strapped Communities Protect Children’s Health.
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