Planners4Health California provides this web space to assist planners from California and beyond confront the present and future challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.  The content on this web page intends to apply a health equity lens to all planning-related topics.  Before accessing any of the content provided below, please take a moment to read our disclaimer.

​The age old debate is: Does history make the leader or does the leader make history? 

Planners are problem solvers and provide a crucial link between communities and their governments. By doing their jobs well, by thinking about how to best serve all members of their communities as we work to create great places for people, planners are leaders. Right now we are being called on to be even more present and mindful as we help our communities steer through these challenging times.  APA California, the regional sections, and our affiliates like Planners4Health are here to support planners across the state. Plan to Lead! 

-Julia Lave Johnston, APA California President

MAPS/DATA

​​Mapping the novel coronavirus pandemic/ ESRI Story Map

​Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Dashboard

COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports

Baseline COVID-19 testing program

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

ARTICLES

Debating the Future of Cities, and Urban Density, After the Pandemic

Cities after coronavirus: how Covid-19 could radically alter urban life

Denser Cities Could Spare Climate but Also Increase Virus Transmission

Are Suburbs Safer From Coronavirus? Probably Not.

How To Avert Economic Catastrophe: Ideas From 5 Top Economists

Some U.S. Cities Could Have Coronavirus Outbreaks Worse Than Wuhan’s
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Two new road maps lay out possible paths to end coronavirus lockdowns

The Coronavirus Will Return In The Fall, Fauci Predicts, But The U.S. Will Be Better Prepared 
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Here’s what our cities will look like after the coronavirus pandemic

How the COVID-19 pandemic will change our cities

How our cities can reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic 

A State Tries to Chart its Economic Rebound From a Pandemic

Is The Coronavirus The Transportation Industry’s Opportunity?

VIDEOS

​How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19

OTHER RESOURCES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Coronavirus

League of California Cities, Coronavirus Resources for Cities

Planning During a Pandemic: 6 Resources for Planners

Coronavirus: Leading and working through a pandemic

A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response

Call for Content for Transportation and Health Resource Clearinghouse

Call for Collaboration: Mobilizing the Arts for COVID-19 Communication and Coping

Evidence-based Framework for Using the Arts in Public Health

COVID-19 Arts Response Overview

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Public Health on Call: Evidence and Experts to Help You Understand Today's COVID-19 News - and What It Means for Tomorrow (podcast) (updated daily)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States: The Imperative for Civil Rights Advocacy, Monitoring, and Enforcement
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COVID-19 Updates
California Department of Public Health

COVID-19 Conversations: A webinar Series
American Public Health Association

Coronavirus Law & Policy ResourcesChangeLab Solutions

COVID-19 and Race
Policy Link

COVID-19 Resource
Center for Active Design

​Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation