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Examples of City Policies

 

Separate Health Elements

City Description
Anderson Anderson's Health and Safety Element (2007) includes a public health section that addresses physical activity via mixed-use, transit oriented  and infill development, and access to parks and recreational trails.
Chino Chino will include a "Healthy Chino" element in its general plan update with topics including physical activity, nutrition, walkability, public safety, and civic participation.
Richmond The City of Richmond has drafted a Community Health and Wellness Element that includes a walkability standard for healthy food, parks and open space.
 

 

Integretated Health Language

City Description
Azusa Azusa's General Plan (2004) contains a number of integrated, well-illustrated elements, including a chapter on the built environment that prioritizes walkability, street connectivity, and mixed use.
Chula Vista Chula Vista's Land use and Transportation Element (2005) includes access to healthy foods, walkability, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and a jobs-housing balance.
Paso Robles Paso Robles' General Plan (2003) includes detailed land use and circulation elements that prioritize walkability, mixed use, and development along a transportation corridor.
Sacramento Sacramento’s vision for its general plan update (2008) is to make the city “the most livable in America.” Several elements emphasize active transportation, and mixed use and transit oriented development.
Ventura Ventura’s General Plan (2005) takes an explicitly holistic approach toward health.  Its park and recreation element, “Our Active Community”  includes a goal of 10 acres of open space per resident while also focusing on plazas and pocket parks in urban areas.
Watsonville Watsonville’s General Plan 2006 (2006) contains new health goals in several elements. The land use element includes a goal to help convenience stores carry fresh produce. The transportation and circulation element includes the goal of providing bus access to grocery stores. The plan also includes goals to work with local organizations to support nutrition and exercise-related activities, the farmers’ market, and community gardens in a section titled “A Diverse Population.
 

 

Resources

Planning for Healthy Places has developed model policies. See their toolkit,
How to Create and Implement Healthy General Plans.

 

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