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The Salton Settlement Fund was the
result of a settlement of an antitrust complaint brought
by the California Attorney General and other state attorneys
general against the Salton Corporation for alleged resale
price maintenance and other anti-competitive conduct in the
sale of Salton Contact Grills. Before going to trial and
without admitting liability, Salton agreed to a court order
prohibiting certain conduct in the sale of its indoor cooking
grills including agreements to set retail prices. As part
of this settlement, Salton also agreed to pay approximately
$7.6 million to resolve claims of compensatory damages. Each
state was allocated a portion of this amount based on population.
California’s share was approximately
$800,000. Because of the impracticability of identifying grill
purchasers, potentially differing amounts of damages, the high
cost of administering a check refund program relative to the
potential average award and other factors, the settlement called
for distributing funds on a state-by-state basis to not-for-profit
corporations, charitable organizations and government entities
to advance health or nutrition-related causes.
The Grants Process in California
After issuing a Notice of Grants Process
for Health and Nutrition Projects Benefiting California Consumers,
receiving and reviewing nearly 600 Letters of Inquiry (requesting
over $62 million) from nonprofit organizations and public agencies
across California, inviting 14 organizations and agencies to
submit full Grant Applications, conducting a due diligence
review of the applications (requesting $1.9 million), including
site visits of applicants, the California Attorney General
requested and obtained Court approval for the following grants
from the Salton Settlement Fund.
Grants Awarded From Salton Settlement Fund
- California School Boards Foundation / California School
Boards Association ($95,000) to inform school board
members and county superintendents about the need for district-wide
policies that will improve nutrition in schools and provide
technical assistance to school board members and superintendents
in developing and implementing such policies.
- City & County of San Francisco
Department of the Environment ($150,000) to organize and operate a pilot
farmers' market in the Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood
of San Francisco.
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles ($98,000) to
improve the fitness and nutrition of overweight or obese
children by expanding its Kids N Fitness Program to South
Central and East Los Angeles.
- Congress of California Seniors Education and Research
Fund ($88,000) to conduct an education program to educate
mid-life and senior women in California about necessary
precautions to take when undertaking a new dietary regime
or using nutritional or dietary supplements.
- Latino Health Access ($75,000) to increase access
to exercise and physical activity for low-income children
in Santa Ana, California.
- Public Media Center ($112,000) to conduct a consumer
education campaign focused on teen obesity targeting 600
high school journalism programs and newspapers published
by high school students.
- University of California, Davis ($75,000) to conduct
a telemedicine-based obesity prevention project for children
living on the Hoopa, Round Valley and Feather River Reservation.
- Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency ($100,000)
to develop a community-designed action plan to improve nutrition
and physical activity habits of children living in low-income
communities in Tulare County.
- Venice Family Clinic ($105,000) to improve the delivery
of obesity prevention services to low income children in
West Los Angeles County through improved screening, tracking,
education and referral of pediatric patients who are at risk
and to work with local agencies to increase access to physical
activities.
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