TAKING ACTION FOR A HEALTHIER CALIFORNIA: Recommendations to Improve Healthy Food and Activity Options

The Strategic Alliance is pleased to present Taking Action for a Healthier California, which identifies concrete steps that business and government can take to create healthier places to live and work.

The Taking Action Toolkit below was designed to help you advocate for the Taking Action Recommendations in your community. The toolkit can be used to encourage organizations, coalitions and government entities to officially endorse the recommendations. 

Taking Action Toolkit

Taking Action for a Healthier California--Color PDF - B&W PDF

Why Endorse Taking Action--Use this document to make a case for the Taking Action Recommendations. It outlines three key reasons to endorse this set of recommendations and take up the banner to advance lasting solutions that improve community food and activity environments across California.

Endorse the Recommendations--This is the official Taking Action Endorsement form with easy directions for adding your name to the growing list of local leaders and organizations who are joined the Alliance in building this statewide movement.

Taking Action Quick Facts--With the release of overwhelming amounts of research and data on the prevalence and danger of poor nutrition and physical inactivity, we thought it would be helpful to consolidate the latest, most reliable resources to help advocates and those they aim to educate understand the scope of this public health crisis.

PDF Presentation , Presentation Script-- Use the PowerPoint and presentation script to present Taking Action to your local coalitions and governments.

Sample city/county resolution--This resolution language is modeled after the resolution the San Francisco Board of Supervisors past to endorse the principles of the Taking Action Recommendations.

Taking Action Endorsers--Click here to see who around the State has already signed on to Taking Action.

Taking Action Web-based Forum Archive

Taking Action Web Forum Slides (PDF)--On August 23rd, Strategic Alliance’s interactive Taking Action Web Forum engaged at least 75 people representing approximately 50 sites across the State. The interactive technology allowed for more voices to be heard, and resulted in a lively and informative dialogue around opportunities for moving forward a policy and environmental change agenda.

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