With the influx of $43 billion in flexible state and local recovery funds via the American Rescue Plan Act and a historic state surplus, it's time for California's leaders to “bake in” health equity and racial justice to public funding programs at every stage. By designing and implementing funding programs grounded in California’s commitment to equity, we can foster community health, safety, and wellbeing in our state’s racially and economically diverse communities. This brief recommends ways to operationalize equity in each phase of a public funding program.

We’re pleased to share our summary and analysis of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Revised California Budget Proposal for 2021-2022, more commonly known as the May Revise. This summary builds off of the Governor’s Proposed Budget from January 2021 by highlighting additions to the budget proposal that advance equity and justice through health, safety, and wellbeing, and is organized by our three overarching policy priorities: 1. Promoting Safety, Wellbeing, and Healing from Trauma and Systemic Violence 2. Healthy, Equitable Community Environments 3. Fostering a More Prevention-Oriented Health System In

We’re pleased to share our summary and analysis of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Revised California Budget Proposal for 2021-2022, more commonly known as the May Revise. This summary build off of the Governor’s Proposed Budget from January 2021 by highlighting additions to the budget proposal that advance equity and justice through health, safety, and wellbeing, and is organized by our three overarching policy priorities: 1. Promoting Safety, Wellbeing, and Healing from Trauma and Systemic Violence 2. Healthy, Equitable Community Environments 3. Fostering a More Prevention-Oriented Health System In

This new brief describes four shifts in the urban planning sector to advance equity and racial justice, steer decisions more directly toward communities’ benefit, respect grassroots power to drive solutions, and root out pay-to-play influence in the land use system. While this brief was written with insights from the Los Angeles context, the overall principles are applicable to any community working to address inequities in land use and the built environment.

On April 30, 2020, the California-based ENACT Day coalition released its 2020 policy agenda, which calls for a bold vision of an equitable, community-centered California. PI developed the platform in collaboration with its ENACT Partners: Public Health Advocates, California Food Policy Advocates, CA4Health (a project of Public Health Institute), and the Center for Healthy Communities at CSU Chico.

In this policy brief, PI Deputy Executive Director Manal J. Aboelata describes the current, unprecedented opportunity Los Angeles County administrators have to help reverse the lasting impacts that racial segregation and racially unjust investment patterns have had on the health, safety, and wellbeing of LA’s African Americans, people of African descent, Latinos, and other communities of color. She makes recommendations for how funding generated from four recently passed ballot measures should be invested to create thriving and inclusive communities for all Angelenos. Manal wrote this policy brief during her Stanton Fellowship, funded by the Durfee Foundation.

This brief offers a framework for thinking about substance use prevention and describes critical components of successful youth-focused initiatives, highlighting successful community-based programs. It is intended to support and guide the California departments and agencies tasked with administering Prop 64 dollars allocated to the Youth Education, Prevention, Early Intervention, and Treatment Account.

Safety in All Policies: A Brief on Engaging the Education Sector in Preventing Violence in California focuses on the education sector and describes eight recommended actions at the local level and potential roles for the California Department of Education and the California State Legislature in support of these local efforts.