Strategies

Increase the price of alcohol via taxes levied for beer, wine, and liquor purchases

Expand broadband availability and adoption in unserved and underserved areas through initiatives that address infrastructure and cost barriers

Limit or ban alcohol establishments from serving alcohol at a reduced price as part of promotions; also called happy hour restrictions

Organize workers to bargain collectively for improved wages, benefits, and working conditions

Regulate mental health insurance to increase access to mental health services, including treatment for substance use disorders

Protect underground water resources via regular groundwater monitoring, education about risks to groundwater, water quotas and taxes, and other efforts

Provide employees with paid time off for circumstances such as a recent birth or adoption, a parent or spouse with a serious medical condition, or a sick child

Require employers in an affected jurisdiction to provide paid time off for employees to use when ill or injured

Use pervious concrete, porous asphalt, permeable interlocking pavers, open-jointed blocks or cells, or other permeable pavement in individual or commercial development efforts; also called porous or pervious pavement

Use ready-made or home constructed barrel systems to collect and store rainwater from rooftops that would otherwise flow to storm drains and streams