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As employees throughout the Bay Area make plans to return to the workplace, the Air District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission encourage businesses to review their Commuter Benefits Program registration and update it with new commute options. In the Bay Area, companies with 50 or more full-time employees are required to register for, provide, and promote commuter benefits to their workforce.

The Bay Area Healthy Homes Initiative, or BAHHI, is a program that seeks to improve health outcomes for the Contra Costa and Alameda County residents living in the areas most impacted by traffic air pollution. The program integrates multiple services that seek to reduce participants’ exposure to air pollution and other asthma triggers while also making homes more energy efficient.

The Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program has been signed into law by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Senate Bill 1128, which passed the state legislature without any opposition, authorizes the Air District and MTC to jointly continue the Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program, a program that requires employers with 50 or more full-time employees in the Bay Area to offer commuter benefits to their employees.

The Air District is hosting a virtual Climate Tech Marketplace event, Cutting-Edge Governments: Leading Investment in the Green Revolution, on October 22 at 10 AM. The event’s keynote speaker is Mariana Mazzucato, author and economist who helped shape the Green New Deal. She will be addressing the roles the public and private sectors must take to ensure growth is more innovation-led, inclusive and sustainable. 

The Air District's Board of Directors approved $3 million in funding for the upgrade of wood-burning devices with cleaner heating options. Incentives for this program are expected to be available later this summer. The funding will provide assistance for potentially up to 1,300 Bay Area households to replace older, more polluting fireplaces or wood stoves with cleaner electric heat pumps, or natural gas or propane stoves or inserts.

The Air District is issuing an air quality advisory for wildfire smoke for Wednesday, August 18. Smoke from the Northern California wildfires is expected to again impact the Bay Area on Wednesday. Onshore winds are expected to shift to strong north/northeast winds in the Sacramento Valley, pushing smoke into the Bay Area. Smoke impacts are forecast to be more widespread than last week. Air quality is expected to be in the mid to high-moderate range and not exceed the federal health standard, so no Spare the Air Alert is in effect. 

The Air District is issuing a Spare the Air Alert for today, Sunday, December 8, which bans burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors. Regional wood burning and easterly winds transporting air pollution into the Bay Area from the Central Valley have contributed to high overnight concentrations of fine particle pollution and unhealthy air quality. Although light northerly winds will bring some improvement later in the afternoon and evening, parts of the Bay Area will still experience unhealthy air quality throughout the day. Breezier northeasterly winds will bring more substantial improvement in air quality for Monday.  

The Air District is extending an air quality advisory for wildfire smoke through Friday, August 20. Smoke from the Northern California wildfires is expected to continue to impact the Bay Area on Thursday and Friday. Light northerly winds will continue to transport smoke toward the Bay Area. Smoke impacts are forecast to be more widespread than last week. Air quality is expected to be in the mid to high-moderate range and not exceed the federal health standard, so no Spare the Air Alert is in effect. However, smoke may mix to the surface at times causing intermittent and isolated pockets of elevated pollution levels.

Air District Board Adopts More Stringent Marine Tank Vessel Rule

Feb 6, 2024 ... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 7, 2024 CONTACT: communications@baaqmd.gov Air District supports EPA’s more stringent health standard for particulate matter SAN FRANCISCO – The Air ...

Jan 6, 2023 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2023 CONTACT: Aaron Richardson, 415.760.0242 Air District supports EPA’s more stringent health standard for particulate matter New ...

Summer Smog Season Ends More Bay Area Residents Spared the Air than Ever

Jun 12, 2018 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2018 CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann, 415.749.4900 Air District Charge! Program awards more than $6 million for new electric vehicle ...

Aug 8, 2023 ... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 9, 2023 CONTACT: communications@baaqmd.gov Air District’s Climate Tech Finance program funds electric vehicle company making EVs more affordable for all ...

Jul 30, 2015 ... NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Flannigan July 30, 2015 415.749.4900 Air District awards Bay Area businesses ...

Jun 20, 2019 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2019 CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann - 415.749.4900 Air District offers more than $50 million in grants to reduce air pollution from heavy ...

Mar 16, 2016 ... NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kristine Roselius March 16, 2016 415.749.4900 Air District announces more than $90 million for grant programs ...

More Free Rides! Fourth Spare the Air Day of 2006 Free Rides on 25 Bay Area Transit Agencies Offered All Day Tomorrow

Oct 24, 2017 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2017 CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann - 415.749.4900 Air District’s Carl Moyer grant program is offering more than $16 million in ...

Oct 16, 2017 ... AGENDA: 4 Update on Fires Executive Committee Meeting October 16, 2017 Wayne Kino, Director of Compliance & Enforcement Eric Stevenson Director of Meteorology and Measurement Judith Cutino, ...