POLICY: Local food production. Improve access to fresh produce and strengthen the local economy by encouraging local food production, community gardens, and farmers markets on vacant or underutilized parcels.

POLICY: Farmers markets. Partner with organizations to bring one (or more) weekly Certified Farmers Markets to the city. Encourage future farmers markets to accept CalFresh Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits; and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) benefits.

POLICY: Food microenterprises. Strengthen the local economy by encouraging food microenterprises and small businesses, especially those that sell and/or serve healthy food options.

POLICY: Healthy food retailer incentives. Incentivize the location and expansion of new and existing small businesses that sell and/or serve healthy food options.

POLICY: Economic development incentives. Utilize economic development incentives to encourage existing convenience stores, especially in Priority Equity Communities, to expand inventory and to sell fresh, healthy foods such as produce.

POLICY: Convenience store conversions. Assist convenience stores in modifying retail space with basic refrigeration and shelving to transform into economically viable healthy food retailers.

POLICY: Full-service grocery stores. Partner with developers and other stakeholders to bring full-service and affordable grocery stores to Priority Equity Communities.

POLICY: Decreasing concentration of drive-through restaurants. Limit drive-through restaurants and liquor stores in neighborhoods with a significant concentration of stores (e.g., multiple stores on the same block or intersection) and child-sensitive areas, such as schools, parks, and childcare facilities.