Policy Clearinghouse
Everyday the food and physical activity choices people make are influenced by actions taken at the federal, state, and local levels. Policy and planning decisions set the groundwork for everything from neighborhood walkability to school food. Healthy environments are founded in healthy policies.
The seven domains of the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative recognize the unique roles they can play in ensuring the healthy choice is the easy choice in all places children and families live, work, play, worship, and learn. The policy clearinghouse highlights policies in each domain that make healthy eating and physical activity options more readily available in San Diego County. To review policies in each domain area, click on the links below.
Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP): A federal requirement for school districts participating in the National School Lunch Program starting in 2007. Requires a Wellness Council to develop, implement, monitor and report on goals for Nutrition Education, Physical Education, all foods and beverages available on campus and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness.
Find out more about your district’s Local School Wellness Policy by clicking on the appropriate district below.
School Wellness Policy Summaries
Model Policies
CSBA Wellness Policy Template
Model School Wellness Policy 2022
Wellness Policy Summary Brochure Template
CSBA Sample Board Policy – Lactation Accommodation For Students (2016)
CSBA Sample Board Policy – Lactation Accommodation For Staff (2011)
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network California (ACS CAN) Menu of School-Based Wellness Policy Guidelines
School District Wellness Policies
Alpine Union School District – Policy (2017)
Bonsall School District – Policy (2018)
Borrego Springs Unified School District – Policy (2017)
Cajon Valley Union School District – Policy (2017)
Cardiff School District – Policy (2022)
Carlsbad Unified School District – Policy (2017)
Chula Vista Elementary School District – Policy (2017)
Coronado Unified School District – Policy (2019)
Dehesa School District – Policy (2019)
Del Mar Union School District – Policy (2014)
Encinitas Union School District – Policy (2017)
Escondido Union School District – Policy (2018)
Escondido Union High School District – Policy (2018)
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District – Policy (2016)
Fallbrook Union High School District – Policy (2018)
Grossmont Union High School District – Policy (2019)
Jamul-Dulzura School District – Policy (2018)
Julian Union Elementary School District – Policy (2020)
Julian Union High School District – Policy (2017)
Juvenile Court and Community Schools (JCCS) and Monarch Schools – Policy (2020)
La Mesa – Spring Valley School District – Policy (2017)
Lakeside Union School District – Policy (2022)
Lemon Grove School District – Policy (2018)
Mt. Empire Unified School District – Policy (2017)
National School District – Policy (2023)
Oceanside School District – Policy (2021)
Poway Unified School District – Policy (2018)
Ramona Unified School District – Policy (2019)
San Diego County Office of Education – Policy (2016)
San Diego Unified School District –Policy (2022)| Framework
San Dieguito Union High School District – Policy (2019)
San Marcos Unified School District – Policy (2016)
San Pasqual Union School District – Policy (2013)
San Ysidro Unified School District – Policy (2019)
Santee Unified School District – Policy (2018)
Solana Beach Unified School District – Policy (2021)
South Bay Union School District – Policy (2023)
Spencer Valley School District – Policy (2016)
Sweetwater Union High School District – Policy (2017)
Vallecitos Union School District – Policy (2017)
Valley Center – Pauma Unified School District – Policy (2016)
Vista Unified School District – Policy (2021)
Warner Unified School District – Policy (2018)
San Diego County School District Wellness Policy Components
The COI Schools and After-School Domain partners work together to obtain wellness policies from school districts throughout San Diego County in order to identify examples of policy language related to individual school wellness topics. Below are the components which are examined, the districts that include each component, and the language used for each component.
Celebrations 2024
Fundraising 2024
Gardens 2024
Health Education 2024
Joint Use 2024
Lactation Accommodation 2024
Local Sourcing 2024
Oral Health 2024
Recess 2024
School Site Wellness 2024
Safe Routes to School and Active Transportation 2024
Social, Emotional, and Mental Health 2024
Staff Wellness and Role Modeling 2024
Water Access and Safety 2024
Joint-Use Policies
Joint Use Gardens: Building Communities, Supporting Schools
Let’s Go Local: Recommendations for Linking Locally Grown Food, School Gardens, and Joint-Use Agreements to School Wellness Policies
Cajon Valley Union School District / San Diego Soccer Association, Inc.
County of San Diego / Julian Union High School District
Farmers’ market shared between San Diego Unified School District and Mission Bay High School Alumni Association
Wellness Policy Language for Onsite Preschools
Sample Nutrition Wellness Policy Language
YMCA Sample Physical Activity Wellness Policy Language
Local governments have established numerous policies to promote healthy living in San Diego County from healthy vending and concession policies to municipal wellness policies. Click on a link below to view a policy in a specific category area.
General Plan Elements
City of San Diego (Urban agriculture in the Conservation Element)
Bicycle Master Plans
City of Carlsbad
City of Chula Vista
City of Coronado
City of El Cajon
City of Encinitas
City of Escondido
City of Imperial Beach
City of La Mesa
City of Lemon Grove
City of Oceanside
City of San Diego
City of Santee
San Diego County
City of Solana Beach
City of Vista
Community Gardens
City of Chula Vista
City of San Diego (sale of agricultural products)
City of San Diego (zoning ordinances)
Animal Husbandry
City of San Diego (bees)
City of San Diego (chickens)
City of San Diego (goats)
Farmers Markets
Healthy Vending, Concessions and Procurement
CA State Government Food Procurement Policies and Practices (2016)
A Scan of State and Local Food Procurement Policies (2016)
Healthy Food Procurement – Case Stories (2016)
City of San Diego RFS Vending (2016)
City of Chula Vista
County of San Diego
City of Lemon Grove
Wellness Policies
City of La Mesa
Sample Nutrition Wellness Policy Language
Regulations for Solicitors, Peddlers, and Interviewers
Lactation Policies
County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA)
City of San Diego Lactation/Breastfeeding Accommodation Policy
Lactation Room Template Sign
Municipal Profiles
City of Carlsbad
City of Chula Vista
City of Coronado
City of Del Mar
City of El Cajon
City of Encinitas
City of Escondido
City of Imperial Beach
City of La Mesa
City of Lemon Grove
City of National City
City of Oceanside
City of Poway
County of San Diego
City of San Diego
City of San Marcos
City of Santee
City of Solana Beach
City of Vista
The Initiative is currently seeking policies in this domain area. To submit a policy for possible inclusion in the clearinghouse, please contact us at 858.609.7963 or email.
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Policies
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: A Policy for Child Care
Faith-based Wellness Policies
San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative Policy Template
Bayview Baptist Church Food Policy
Gateway Community Church Wellness Policy
The Initiative is currently seeking policies in this domain area. To submit a policy for possible inclusion in the clearinghouse, please contact us at 858.609.7963 or email.
The Initiative is currently seeking policies in this domain area. To submit a policy for possible inclusion in the clearinghouse, please contact us at 858.609.7963 or email.