This report delves into the web of challenges and opportunities communities face in Los Angeles County and has implications for communities across the country.
public health
A Pivot to Power: Lessons from The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities about Place, Health, and Philanthropy
This publication assesses The California Endowment’s 10-year investment in building “people power” capacity in 14 diverse communities.
The California Healthy Places Index
This new tool can be used to explore and change those community conditions that predict life expectancy. It contains user-friendly mapping and data resources at… Read More »
Filling the Void: The Value of New Technology to Reduce Air Pollution and Improve Information at Oil and Gas Sites in California
This report recommends that California’s air monitoring agencies start using available technology to measure local air quality, especially where people live close to facilities that… Read More »
Safeguarding California Plan: 2018 Update – California’s Climate Adaptation Strategy
This plan updates the state’s climate adaptation and resiliency strategy for 2018, including 70 recommendations for actions across 38 state agencies.
The SPARCC Initiative: Fostering Racial Equity, Health, and Climate Resilience in the Built Environment
This article explains the origins of the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC), which was originally developed and supported by The Kresge Foundation, the… Read More »
Healthy Development without Displacement: Realizing the Vision of Healthy Communities for All
This report looks at what people working on “healthy community” issues — like active transportation, parks, healthy food, planning, public health, healthcare, and more —… Read More »
Metrics for Planning Healthy Communities
This report includes a set of Healthy Planning Metrics that can be used to assess, measure, monitor and report progress toward healthy planning goals.
California’s San Joaquin Valley: A Region and Its Children Under Stress
This report documents racial and health inequities and the effects that they have on the lives and life chances of families raising children in the… Read More »
Physical Activity: Health Benefits, the Role of the Built Environment, and Impacts of Air Pollution
This paper summarizes and updates the findings of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Committee Report, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human… Read More »
