Resources and Tools for Local Officials and the Communities They Serve

The Institute for Local Government is the 501(c)(3) research affiliate of the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities. Our current program areas include:

Climate Change	Fiscal Stewardship
Civic Engagement (Collaborative Governance Initiative)	Land Use and Housing
Communities for Healthy Kids	Public Service Ethics (including AB 1234)
Healthy Communities	Local Government 101

How You Can Support the Institute The Institute's work is supported by local agency associations, foundations, individual contributions, corporations, publications sales and training fees. For example, the Institute's endowment accepts individual contributions as well as donations of surplus campaign funds and appreciated stocks. Other options include charitable remainder trusts and bequests.
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The Institute for Local Government's Healthy Communities program, in collaboration with the Cities, Counties and Schools Partnership, will host a series of three online dialogues during the summer and fall of 2008. This online learning opportunity will allow city and county officials around the state to connect with peers and issue experts on ways to develop policies and strategies that will reverse negative health trends related to physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, and environmental hazards.

Participants will be able to log in any time during a 10 day period for each online discussion to ask questions, share stories, and download educational resources posted by expert panelists and other participants. The collected wisdom will be preserved on the ILG website for public use. This is an opportunity for local officials to get to know some peers better and to tap into the experience and wisdom of many experienced city and county leaders and policy advisors from all over California.

ILG Healthy Community Online Dialogue Schedule and Topics:

June 16th-25th: Planning for Safe and Healthy Walking/Biking Routes to Schools in Your Community.

July 14th-23rd: Factoring Resident Health into City and County Planning

September 29th- October 6th: Neighborhood Access to Healthy Foods

It's free to sign up! If you have any questions, please e-mail Greg Keidan: gkeidan@ca-ilg.org

Thanks to AT&T for providing funding for these Web Dialogues and the Healthy Community program for 2008.