SACRAMENTO — Following a moderated discussion with President Clinton at the Governor’s 2010 Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity: Actions for Healthy Living, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced eight specific actions he will pursue to support healthy living in California. Implementing policies and practices that support joint use was among them.

Funding and improvements are on the way for joint use projects in San Diego.

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday weighed in on California’s pricey battle with obesity, calling for the elimination of sugary “sports drinks” in schools and more vigorous physical activity during and after school.

PLACENTIA — The city of Placentia has officially agreed to buy the now defunct Boys & Girls Clubs facility on Crowther Avenue. Officials from the cash-strapped Boys & Girls Clubs of Brea, Placentia and Yorba Linda plan to use the money to pay off a construction firm it owes for finished work on the new Brea facility.

California Project LEAN, in partnership with the California Center for Physical Activity, has taken the lead for the physical activity component of the funding.  The physical activity initiative will focus on joint use of school facilities, and CDPH will lay the ground work to advance state and local policies that increase equitable access to safe and attractive school facilities outside of the school day for physical activity and recreation.

Believing that a field is a terrible thing to waste, members of the Ross Valley Lacrosse Club are hoping to work with the College of Marin to turn the Kentfield school’s abandoned football field into a facility they and other youth sports leagues could use.