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How to Prohibit Smoking in “Enclosed” Places
California Labor Code section 6404.5, the state’s smoke-free workplace law, prohibits smoking in “enclosed” workplaces, but this term is not defined in the law. While common sense may suggest that the existence of four walls and a roof makes a workplace enclosed, a long narrow place with an open front (found at some restaurants) can trap smoke in the back as effectively as if a front wall existed.1 Similarly, a patio surrounded by four high walls but open to the sky may still trap smoke, especially if the air does not move.
How to Protect Your Community from Secondhand Smoke
An Introduction to a Comprehensive Secondhand Smoke Model Ordinance
Despite enjoying the benefits of some of the strongest smoke-free laws in the country, Californians still face health risks when exposed to secondhand smoke. The purpose of this memo is to serve as a guide to local communities interested in passing secondhand smoke laws that better protect residents from tobacco smoke than current state law.
How to Strengthen Your Local Sign Laws & Sample Sign Law Amendments
Virtually all local governments in California have laws to regulate the placement and posting of signs in some manner. In most cases, these sign laws are part of a city or county’s larger zoning laws, which define, for example, the boundaries of residential and commercial zones in any given community. These sign laws often have been in place for years, and have likely undergone many amendments and revisions.
How to Use Economic Development Resources to Improve Access to Healthy Food
Grocery stores are valuable assets to a community: not only do they make healthy food more accessible, but they also can provide living-wage jobs, raise the value of surrounding property, and anchor and attract additional businesses to the neighborhood.
How to Use Redevelopment to Create Healthier Communities
Revitalizing distressed neighborhoods through the formal process known as redevelopment can transform entire communities, bringing an array of benefits that improve residents’ health.
HUD Memo Encouraging Nonsmoking Policies in Public Housing
This memo, issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), states that HUD strongly encourages Public Housing Authorities to implement no-smoking policies in public housing units. The memo is important because many affordable housing providers are concerned that HUD will not approve of any new no-smoking policies in HUD-funded housing.
Identifying and Reporting Unfair, Misleading, and Deceptives Ads and Marketing
Recent years have seen an increase in the amount and type of marketing of unhealthful foods and beverages to children and teens. Some of these marketing campaigns may violate federal laws against deceptive or unfair practices.
Imposing a Regulatory Fee on Soda Sales
Mounting evidence points to a link between rising obesity rates and the growing consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Several states have 
proposed legislation in recent years to impose taxes on beverages and beverage manufacturers.
Involving Public Health in Climate Change Policy
An action plan for public health
Climate change may well be the greatest threat to human health in this century. With an express mission to protect and enhance the health and well-being of communities, public health practitioners have both a responsibility and an obligation to be at the forefront of efforts to reverse climate change.
Land Use Ordinance
This model ordinance is intended to amend a jurisdiction’s existing zoning code.
