To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Presentation of Public Health Leadership Award to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors by Health and Social Policy Institute in Recognition of Adopting a Comprehensive Tobacco Retailer License Ordinance
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Chair to accept the award on behalf of the Board.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds
DISCUSSION:
The Health and Social Policy Institute - HASPI - is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works independently and in partnership with others to address a wide range of public health and environmental issues including heart and lung diseases, cancer and tobacco control, nutrition and fitness, childhood safety, reproductive health, gerontology, and climate change/degradation.
The mission of the Health and Social Policy Institute (HASPI) is to promote and conduct innovative and effective public health projects and to develop and implement programmatic and policy solutions to public health and public safety challenges.
Since the early 2000s, with the support and encouragement from the State of California Department of Public Health, HASPI has a history of honoring government entities that showed significant or vast improvement with clean indoor and/or outdoor policies. These included city councils, boards of supervisors, law enforcement agencies, the California Air Resources Board, and tribal councils. In total, 42 California Clean Air Awards have been given. In 2012, the principals of the Health and Social Policy Institute gave the California Clean Air Award to the City of Eureka and County of Humboldt for making their low-income housing 100% smoke-free. In 2015, the Clean Air Award was given to the City of Ferndale for making their low-income and Naval Housing 100% smoke-free.
In August of 2023, HASPI decided to honor the...
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