We recently hosted a webinar with CADCA GHEA about local-level policy solutions in Maryland and California. These efforts advanced policies relating to alcohol and healthy food.
We often see innovative policy solutions tested first at the local-level. In this webinar, you’ll learn about alcoholic beverage regulations in Montgomery County, the sole “control” jurisdiction in the state of Maryland and one of very few jurisdictions across the country to use this model. You’ll hear about efforts at the county level in Maryland to advance policies that make the food and beverage options on restaurant kids’ meal menus healthier, with a strategy of spreading these policies throughout the state and an eye towards a state-level law.
We also highlight the City of Berkeley, California, the first city in the nation to levy a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, as well as the first in the country to pass a healthy checkout policy.
In this third webinar of the Local Control webinar series on August 22, CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance, in collaboration with Counter Tools share details about these local solutions. The three-part webinar series equips attendees with an understanding of why local policy solutions are important, lessons learned from local policy implementation efforts and innovative policy strategies built at the local-level.
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Local Control webinar series
CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance, in collaboration with Counter Tools hosted a three-part webinar series to equip attendees with an understanding of why local policy solutions are important, lessons learned from local policy implementation efforts and innovative policy strategies built at the local-level.
Webinar 1: Building the Rationale for Local Policy Change. Speakers provided a broad rationale for local-level policy efforts and the implications for public health, as well as insight on strategies that have proven successful for local policy implementation.
Webinar 2: Using Local Momentum to Drive State and Federal Policy Change. This webinar featured leaders from the Tobacco 21 and smokefree air movements to discuss how tobacco control policy strategies at the local level helped drive policy change across the country.
Webinar 3: Innovative Local Solutions in Public Health. The third webinar in the series covered local-level policy solutions in Maryland and California. These efforts advanced policies relating to alcohol and healthy food.
