| Thousand Oaks, CA Passes First Smoke-Free Rental Housing Ordinance |
Thousand Oaks became the first city in California to adopt a policy requiring a portion of new rental housing built by the city to be nonsmoking. The American Lung Association of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties worked with Smoke-Free Air For Everyone (SAFE) and other groups to encourage city council members to adopt the ordinance, which requires developers of city built affordable housing projects to designate one-third of the units as smoke-free.
Nearly 70 percent of California renters favor requiring all apartment buildings to offer nonsmoking sections, according to the results from a statewide survey commissioned by the American Lung Association of California's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing. For a related news release, visit:
http://californialung.org./press/040907SmokeFreeApts.html
For more information about the Thousand Oaks ordinance, contact Dave Rodriguez at 805.963.1426 or dave@lungsbvc.org.
For details about the survey, contact Brian Peterson at 530.897.4140 or brian@chico.com.
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| Date posted: 10-13-2004 |
| Posted by: Community Action to Fight Asthma |
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