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Resolution Passed by California Medical Association
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wpbu-@aol.com
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Oct 21, 2009 12:52 PDT
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From: Jackson, Richard J. [dickja-@ucla.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:34 AM
Subject: FW: California Medical Association (CMA) Resolution on Smart growth-- now official policy --
This is unprecedented for a medical association to pass such a resolution and builds on the hard work of many people
If smart growth can be California Medical Association policy, why can’t it be Florida Medical Association as well?
Dick Jackson
Richard J Jackson MD MPH
Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
UCLA School of Public Health 56-070 CHS
Los Angeles, California 310 206 8522
dickja-@ucla.edu
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/ehs/prof/dick_jackson.html
Please distribute to your networks--- (next it needs to be AMA policy)
Resolution 713-09 Passed by California Medical Association House of Delegates at 4:30 PM October 18, 2009
RESOLVED: That CMA support efforts to develop ambitious regional targets for local governments to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and support land use and transportation strategies to meet those targets: and be it further
RESOLVED: That CMA support efforts to reduce vehicle trips by means of land use and transportation measures that
promote “smart growth” improve air quality, improve community health and reduce chronic illness; and be it further
RESOLVED: That CMA support the participation of public health officials in land use decision making and transportation
planning to help identify and mitigate potential health impacts.
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