The California Center for Public Health Advocacy tackles the underlying factors that perpetuate childhood obesity and undermine parents’ desire to keep their children healthy: multibillion-dollar marketing and overwhelming availability of unhealthy foods and beverages, limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables in far too many communities, schools failing to provide quality physical education, cities designed for cars rather than pedestrians and bicyclists, and lack of safe places for children to play. OUR APPROACH Making these critical changes demands a unique and integrated statewide approach to changing public policy. CCPHA advocates for policy change simultaneously at state and local levels, we network local efforts together for statewide impact, and we support our work with grassroots organizing, strategic research, media advocacy, and direct lobbying. We specialize in building effective advocacy campaigns to ensure that every resident, regardless of income, ethnicity, or locale, has access to healthy foods, water and other health beverages, and opportunities to walk, bike, and exercise in safety.