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The Air District has released for public comment its latest draft Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2022 and lists proposed changes for the near future.

The Air District, in partnership with community members, has released the Path to Clean Air, a Richmond-San Pablo community air monitoring plan – the first to be developed with co-leadership from the community.

Learn about the Path to Clean Air, the Air District’s efforts under Assembly Bill AB 617 to improve air quality in the Richmond - North Richmond - San Pablo area.

The Air District has released for public comment its latest draft Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan, which describes the Air District’s air monitoring network for 2021, and lists proposed changes for the near future.

On September 4, 2024, the Air District's Board of Directors approved the 2024-2029 Strategic Plan for implementation.

The Air District announced today the release of the draft Path to Clean Air Community Emissions Reduction Plan for Richmond-North Richmond-San Pablo. The draft plan is now open to the public for review and comment through January 19, 2024.

The annual Youth for Environment and Sustainability, or YES, Conference, co-sponsored by the Air District, returns to the Bay Area on Saturday, February 24, 2018.  It will be held at Laney College, 900 Fallon Street in Oakland from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The free day-long regional conference will bring together middle and high school students from the nine Bay Area counties to discuss topics ranging from climate change and public health to transportation and air pollution.

The Air District’s Clean Heating Efficiently with Electric Technology, or Clean HEET, Program will begin accepting applications for grants that can help to offset the cost of switching from a wood-burning stove or fireplace insert to an electric heat pump. The program is designed to improve air quality in communities by replacing polluting wood-burning heating devices with cleaner heating options. 

The Air District’s Clean HEET Program is now accepting applications for grants that can help to offset the cost of switching from wood-burning or pellet-burning stoves, fireplace inserts, or open-hearth fireplaces to an electric heat pump. A decommission-only option is also available for homeowners to remove existing open-hearth fireplaces or older, uncertified wood-burning stoves or inserts. Switching to an electric heat pump helps improve air quality in communities by replacing polluting wood-burning devices with cleaner heating options. 

The Air District invites public comments on a draft Bay Area Electric Vehicle (EV) Acceleration Plan and invites you to provide your comments in writing or during our webinar on April 15, 2021, 11 AM–12 PM. 

Jack Broadbent, executive officer of the Air District, offered a statement in support of the State of California’s decision to sue the Trump Administration over their plans to gut restrictions to the 2015 Clean Power Plan.

Learn about Owning Our Air: The West Oakland Community Action Plan.

The Air District, California Air Resources Board and San Francisco Department of Emergency Management announced today the launch of the state’s first Clean Air Center in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco. In the coming weeks, more than 300 Clean Air Centers will be available throughout the Bay Area, when air quality is poor due to wildfires.

The Air District is announcing the expansion of its Clean Cars for All grant program, which offers incentives of up to $9,500 for income-qualified Bay Area residents to retire older cars and replace them with a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric vehicle, or to get a pre-loaded Clipper Card for public transit. 

The Air District is announcing a significant expansion of the Clean Air Filtration Program, which will provide portable air filtration units to unhoused and low-income residents in impacted communities as well as to emergency and cooling centers Bay Area-wide. This is the first program of its kind and will help mitigate the potential health impacts of wildfires, especially for the Bay Area’s most vulnerable residents.

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 12 noon – 1 PM. at the Vallejo John F. Kennedy Library. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 12 noon – 1 PM at the Alum Rock Public Library in the Alum Rock Community Room. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 12 – 1 PM at the San Carlos Community Library Room. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

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