Cities, counties and tribes, supported by State

government actions, will establish and act on

policies that reduce the resource disparities

among neighborhoods in a variety of ways,

support physical improvements, eliminate

environmental hazards and stabilize

California cities and counties, with state and tribal

partners, build health into land use decisions,

stabilize neighborhoods and shift resources from

punishment to prevention.

gentrifying neighborhoods. This includes

efforts to create, with schools, supportive

environments that keep young people on

track for healthy and successful lives,

including reducing the reach of the justice

system in underserved neighborhoods.

HEALTH HAPPENS IN NEIGHBORHOODS

Land Use, Physical Improvements, Community Stabilization and Safety

Cities and counties, with state and tribal partners, include health in land

use planning and policies, make health-promoting physical

improvements in neighborhoods and create safe, stable communities.

Measures include:

Evidence of healthy land use and greater community safety and stabilization, such as:

• Communities, engaging residents, incorporate health elements or health

considerations throughout their general plans and/or create health development

guides and actively monitor policy implementation

• Community groups organize to address gentrification and displacement

• Community groups organize to address community safety

• Community groups win Community Benefit Agreements that provide amenities and

jobs for long-time residents who face increasing housing costs

Evidence of set asides that increase resources to low income communities.

• This may include efforts at the state and regional levels to ensure that funding

coming from such programs as the Governor’s Active Transportation Program and

Cap and Trade Auction Proceeds are allocated to and prioritized for low income

communities.

Evidence of new or improved physical features that contribute to residents’ improved health, such as:

• Skate parks or gymnasia

• Water stations, Agua for All, restrictions on soda

• Sidewalks, hiking paths, bike paths

• Increased access to public transportation

• Crosswalks, safe routes to school

• Playgrounds, soccer fields, parks

• Libraries and/or community centers

• School health centers or wellness centers

• Community gardens or other food distribution systems

• Grocery stores with healthy food

Addressing trauma, building resilience and shifting investments from punishment to prevention:

Cities and counties, with state partners, recognize the toxic effects of

trauma, prioritize youth development and resilience and shift the

balance of public investment from punishment and incarceration to

health and prevention.

This indicator relates equally powerfully to Goal #3 and further

supports transformative activities in schools.

Measures include:

Evidence that jurisdictions are:

• Expanding access to positive youth development programs and supports.

• Prioritizing diversion by empowering youth to be accountable outside of the justice

system, and providing community-based mental health and substance abuse

treatment

• Providing “pre-entry” behavioral and physical health services to help keep young

people out of the juvenile justice system

• Promoting restorative justice practices at the neighborhood and school level,

forging stronger relationships and healing from trauma across generations.

• Supporting juvenile and adult re-entry including health and mental health services,

addiction treatment, housing and education/training.

• Helping reduce the number of youth and adults involved in the justice system.

Shifts in investment

Investment is shifting away from justice system involvement and toward school

supports and neighborhood improvements that offer healthier opportunities for youth

and families, as evidence by measures such as:

• State and county savings from Prop 47 are invested in school and

community-based health prevention

• Fewer jails and prisons are built, and more jails and prisons are closed

• Less money is spent on juvenile justice and youth probation

• Money from the justice system is reinvested to support young people’s connection

to school

• Percentage of county dollars spent on law enforcement, jails, probation, and

juvenile justice decreases while spending increases for health, schools, youth

development, parks and recreation and re-entry services.

North Star Indicator #8

North Star Indicator #9

10More youth and adults with positive community connections and less involvement in the justice system

This indictor measures positive connections to people and

organizations and relationships that youth and adults maintain in their

communities, and the extent to which BHC communities are able to

reduce over-reliance on the juvenile and criminal justice system.

Measures of positive youth connections to their communities will likely

be linked to the longitudinal youth survey; measures for adult positive

connections are still being developed.

Regarding the justice system, this indicator calls for measures of change

in the rates of arrest, incarceration, probation, diversion, and re-entry,

initially for BHC communities. Measures will also include attention to

youth and young adults “under the supervision of” the justice system

(e.g., on parole, serving split sentences, with bench warrants, and in

mandated drug treatment) to get a more complete picture of shifts in

the numbers of people involved in the justice system. All data will be

broken out by race/ethnicity and age and compared to historical

averages.

North Star Indicator #10

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