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Notice
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Air District Board Votes to Delay Water Heater Requirement
The Air District Board approved updates to the zero-NOx water heater rule that delay implementation to January 2028 and allow exemptions for low-income homeowners, properties with electrical limitations and space-constrained homes. View press release(181 Kb PDF, 2 pgs, posted 11/4/2026).
Notice
Air District Board Votes to Delay Water Heater Requirement
The Air District Board approved updates to the zero-NOx water heater rule that delay implementation to January 2028 and allow exemptions for low-income homeowners, properties with electrical limitations and space-constrained homes. View press release(181 Kb PDF, 2 pgs, posted 11/4/2026).
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Learn more about grant funding offered to residents to improve air quality in the region.
Updated 11/3/2026
Air District Programs
- Clean Cars for All: Grants for income-qualified Bay Area residents to retire their older car and replace it with a plug-in hybrid, battery, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, zero-emission motorcycle, or a pre-paid card to use for public transit and purchase e-bikes. Additionally, $2,000 of funding is available for electric vehicle charging. and up to $5,000 toward the cost of vehicle adaptive equipment.
- Community Grants Program: Grants for nonprofit organizations to fund local projects that decrease air pollution while increasing community awareness of and engagement with air quality issues.
- People’s Air Grant Program: Grants to support projects in impacted communities that reduce exposure to air pollution and address public health impacts.
- Vehicle Buy Back Program: Get paid to turn in your working older car or small truck for scrapping.
- Clean HEET Program: Grants for Bay Area residents to replace wood or pellet burning fireplaces, stoves, or inserts with energy-efficient electric heat pumps.
- Closed - Lawn and Garden Equipment Exchange Program: This program is currently closed and not offering funding. To learn about other opportunities, please see the Lawn and Garden web page. Please join our email mailing list to receive alerts about future opportunities.
Other Opportunities
- Bay Area Bike Share: Learn about Bay Area Bike Share, the nation's first unified regional bicycle sharing program serving Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco. Bay Area residents who qualify for CalFresh, SFMTA Lifeline Pass, or PG&E CARE utility discounts are eligible to join the Bike Share for All program that offers discounted rates.
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Grants Programs Information Request Line, Strategic Incentives
415.749.4994 grants@baaqmd.gov
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Last Updated: 11/3/2026