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Toolkit: How to Create and Implement Healthy General Plans

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Create and Implement Healthy General PlansHow can public health advocates and city planners work together to create healthy, sustainable communities? This toolkit provides a progression of steps focused on the general plan, the key land use policy document for California cities and counties. The toolkit details a wide range of strategies, from building relationships and assessing existing conditions to creating and ultimately implementing policy language. Model health language is included to provide specific ideas for how to address health concerns through general plan policies.

This toolkit was produced by Planning for Healthy Places and Raimi + Associates, in partnership with The California Endowment. The full toolkit and individual chapters are available to download below.

 

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How to Create and Implement Healthy General Plans (PDF)2.02 MB
Title page and Table of Contents (PDF)473.66 KB
Introduction (PDF)1.2 MB
Section I: Laying the Groundwork for Healthy Planning (PDF)1.31 MB
Section II: Assessing Existing Health Conditions (PDF)2.94 MB
Section III: Writing a Healthy General Plan (PDF)455.9 KB
Section IV: Model Health Language (PDF)629.71 KB
Section V: Implementation Plans, Programs, Policies, and Standards (PDF)5.48 MB
Appendix: Fact Sheets - Research on Land Use and Health from Two Different Perspectives (PDF)8.64 MB
  • Policy Area:
    • SB 375
    • Comprehensive/General Plans
    • City Agencies/Government