The Budget Control Act of 2011 outlined key provisions to reduce the nation’s $14 trillion deficit. The Act calls for billions of dollars in cuts to defense and non-defense programs in FY 2011-2021. Read CHC's principles to guide deficit reduction discussions....
Food Access
Food Desert to Food Oasis: Promoting Grocery Store Development in South Los Angeles
Ready access to healthy foods is taken for granted in most neighborhoods. But that is not the case for the residents of South Los Angeles. This report examines how policymakers, the grocery industry and community members can change the South LA retail food environment.
South Los Angeles Health Equity Scorecard
The South Los Angeles Health Equity Scorecard documents the inequities in South LA's healthcare and physical resource environments and challenges city and county officials to take action on policy recommendations for a healthy community. The study calculated scores...
Does Race Define What’s in the Shopping Cart?
This report provides the results of a six-month study of nutritional resources in three predominantly African American areas of Southern California — South Los Angeles, East Inglewood, and North Long Beach — as well as one contrast area in West Los Angeles