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Current projects
East Palo Alto	A large piece of industrial land in East Palo Alto (EPA) is being redeveloped and EPA may be a site for a future transit station along a new Dumbarton fixed-rail line.  Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) and the Community Development Institute (CDI) and are leading a collaboration to initiate a community-based planning process that will influence the redevelopment plan.  HIP will facilitate a process in which community health concerns that are related to the redevelopment will be prioritized and we will work with YUCA, CDI and others, including the County Public Health Department, to collect relevant existing conditions data.  HIP will also provide health analyses of the community plan and of the City’s plan as they are formulated.
I-710 Expansion	The I-710 is a vital transportation artery that links the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to the rest of the Southern California region and beyond. The stretch of freeway where the expansion project is being proposed passes through 15 cities and unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County, and is located close to residences and numerous schools, day care and senior centers and hospitals.  The majority low-income and communities of color that live along the I-710 corridor are already burdened with health disparities.  As the result of an HIA training HIP conducted, we are working with a broad coalition of groups, including community groups, City, County, Regional and Federal agencies, academics and other advocacy groups to scope out the health impacts that should be considered in this expansion project.  This scope will be used as a communication tool to use with decision makers.
Los Angeles Redevelopment	A four block area in South Central LA is being rezoned from industrial to residential.  The Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has been working in this neighborhood for a number of years, including work on health issues, and its members are interested in ensuring that what is built addresses the needs of the community.  LA ACORN hired Human Impact Partners (HIP) as a consultant to identify current needs, based on existing health-related conditions, and to facilitate creating a comprehensive vision for the 29th Street Redevelopment including how it could improve health and quality of life for future residents and neighbors.  As part of this work, we have engaged with Urban Housing Communities, the developer, and with the Los Angeles Department of Public Health.
Mountain View General Plan Update	HIP is starting work with the City of Mountain View, California and MIG to ensure that health is considered as part of the city's General Plan Update.
Oakland Estuary	The City of Oakland's Community and Economic Development Agency released an RFP for the creation of a specific plan for the central Estuary.  The RFP called for the assessment of health impacts.  HIP is working with the planning team, led by CD&A, to do this.
Paid Sick Days legislation	Human Impact Partners and researchers at the San Francisco Department of Public Health recently released an HIA on the national Healthy Families Act of 2009, which would guarantee workers access to paid sick days.  We also recently released an update to our 2008 HIA on the California Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act to answer questions not addressed in on our California Paid Sick Days HIA in 2008 (see below), For more information, click here. We will work with partners in local jurisdictions to customize the findings of the national report and to collect locally-relevant data to analyze the health impacts of paid sick days in those jurisdictions.
San Pablo Avenue Corridor	Working through the Great Communities Collaborative and specifically with Urban Habitat and Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP), HIP is assessing sites for affordable housing along the San Pablo Avenue Corridor.  For each of several potential locations, we are evaluating assets (e.g., parks, trails, community center, schools, transit, retail completeness) and liabilities (e.g., air quality, noise, collisions, concentrated poverty).  The goal is to provide guidance for future sites selection and to suggest mitigations to adverse health impacts of the sites.
San Francisco Affordable Housing	UC Berkeley Health Impact Group received a grant from the CDC to collaborate with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to collect data relevant about the health impacts of past HOPE VI funded projects to rebuild affordable housing projects in SF.  HIP will be helping by organizing and conducting community meetings and trainings.
Completed Projects
Concord Naval Weapons Station	With EBHO, CCISCO and a coalition of groups representing affordable housing, environmental, labor, and community organizations, HIP has completed an HIA to look at some of the proposed uses of the Concord Naval Weapons Station from a health perspective.  Click here for the report and summaries.
East Bay Greenway	HIP worked with Urban Ecology on a grant from the California Endowment to assess their East Bay Greenway project using HIA.  With the input of public health officials, City of Oakland staff, and the staff of Alameda County elected officials, we have completed a scoping stage of this HIA, and that document is available here.  A draft of the final report is available here.
Humboldt General Plan Update	A description of and documents regarding the Humboldt General Plan Update HIA are available here.  A case study of this project is also available.
Jack London Gateway Phase 2 rapid health impact assessment	Using a rapid HIA process, HIP worked with West Oakland residents and the non-profit developer East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) to maximize the likely positive health impacts and minimized the likely negative health impacts of the planned retail expansion and low-income senior housing development.  Together, we are addressing community concerns raised during the HIA process - air quality, noise, safety, and retail planning.   The complete rapid assessment is available here and a draft of the case study about the project is available here.
Paid Sick Days legislation	With the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Labor Project for Working Families, we assessed the health impacts of AB 2716 (Ma) (2008) which would require employers to provide paid sick days for their employees.  Click here for the summary and full report.
Pittsburg BART extension	As part of the Great Communities Collaborative, HIP worked with TransForm and CCISCO on an HIA of the Railroad Avenue Specific Plan, which includes extending BART, in Pittsburg, California.  The Executive Summary and Full Report are available, as is a Powerpoint Summary of the findings.
Vehicle Miles Traveled legislation in Oregon	The state of Oregon is considering a bill that would set targets for reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled in the urban areas of the state.  Upstream Public Health in Portland received funding to conduct an HIA under the guidance of an advisory council they set up.  The final HIA can be found here.  HIP’s role was to work with researchers at Oregon Health and Science University and help the coalition conduct the HIA.  HIP also did a training in Portland as part of this project.
West Oakland HIA Working Group	HIP collaborated with the West Oakland Toxic Reduction Collaborative on HIAs in West Oakland that involved a broad group of stakeholders.  This project was funded by a grant from the San Francisco Foundation.   The first project we assessed was a proposed housing development on Brush Street.   Some documents from our process: the goals of the group, the health determinants we assessed, and our initial screening of projects in West Oakland.  AGI Capital, the developer, has been actively engaged in the project and is looking into including the suggestions the group has made regarding air quality, access to fresh produce, local hiring, safety, and green building. We worked collaborated with the University of California Health Impact Group (UCBHIG) to carry out an HIA on the Port of Oakland. We also developed a Healthy Development Checklist, based off the work of the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Healthy Development Measurement Tool and checklist.  The lastest draft of the checlist is available here.