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Valero Refinery in Benicia notified Air District of a planned shutdown of some refinery equipment beginning 1/31. Odors and/or flaring may occur. Air District inspectors will be closely monitoring. Report air quality complaints: 800-334-ODOR or online.
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Environmental Justice Success Stories
Learn about James Cary Smith community grantees and program impact.
The James Cary Smith Community Grant Program supports community‐based organizations that build local capacity for environmental justice work.
The 2022‐2025 grant cycle, also known as Cycle 1, funded 33 organizations. Learn more about several funded projects and their impacts through the video below, and an Environmental Justice Success Stories document(1 Mb PDF, 17 pgs, posted 11/6/2024).
The Air District is partnering with third-party evaluators to assess impacts of the James Cary Smith Community Grant Program. The Air District is particularly interested in understanding how the grant program supports communities of color and communities disproportionately burdened by air pollution, or environmental justice (EJ) communities. Evaluation findings to date are in the documents below.
Cycle 2 (2025 – 2028)
- 2025 Baseline Evaluation Report(5 Mb PDF, 18 pgs, posted 1/20/2026)
Cycle 1 (2022 – 2025)
- Ripple Effect Mapping: Impacts Beyond the Grant Program
- Online interactive Ripple Effect Map
- Cycle 1 Written Evaluation Report(4 Mb PDF, 56 pgs, posted 1/21/2026)
- 2022-2023 Endpoint Report(483 Kb PDF, 43 pgs, posted 11/27/2023)
- 2022-2023 Grant Management Report(270 Kb PDF, 12 pgs, posted 11/27/2023)
Last Updated: 1/21/2026