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FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	10/07/2019
Subject: Secondhand Smoke Ordinance
Submitted For:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Department:	Health Services
Referral No.:	FHS #82
Referral Name:	Secondhand Smoke Ordinance
Presenter:	Daniel Peddycord, Public Health Director	Contact:	Jen Grand-Lejano (925) 313-6216

Information

Referral History:

At the November 13, 2017 Family and Human Services Committee meeting, Public Health presented its annual report on the implementation of the County’s Secondhand Smoke ordinance with a recommendation that the Committee consider a proposed ordinance to strengthen the current smoking protections to prohibit smoking inside dwelling units of multi-unit housing, including condos and townhomes. The Committee accepted the report and recommendations, requested that language be added to extend smoking restrictions to guest rooms of hotels and motels, and directed staff to forward those recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for discussion and approval.

The ordinance, titled Smoke-free Multi Unit Residences, was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 13, 2018 with implementation to begin for new and renewing leases on July 1, 2018, and for continuing leases and owner-occupied units on July 1, 2019. At the request of the Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa Public Health staff provided reports in March 2018 on preliminary implementation of the ordinances with a follow up report to the Family and Human Services Committee being made in October of 2018, at which FHS asked Public Health staff to send a letter to each City Manager inviting them to model their own city ordinances after the County's ordinance.

Referral Update:

Please see the attached report from the Public Health Division of the Health Services Department with an update, since the October 2018 report, on the implementation of the Secondhand Smoke Protections Ordinance.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

ACCEPT the annual report from the Public Health Division of the Health Services Department on the implementation of the Secondhand Smoke Protections Ordinance and DIRECT staff to forward the report to the Board of Supervisors for their information.

DIRECT staff to provide updates on implementation of the ordinance as part of staff’s annual report on the County’s Tobacco Retail Licensing Ordinance.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact.

Attachments
Annual Report on Implementation of Secondhand Smoke Protections Ordinance
Letter to Landlords re Smokefree MUH
Letter Accompanying Actual License