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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.

Learn about the Air District’s Community Health Protection Program to implement Assembly Bill 617.

Learn about the Air District’s efforts under Assembly Bill AB 617 to improve air quality in the East Oakland community.

Learn about the Air District’s efforts under Assembly Bill AB 617 to improve air quality in the Bayview Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco community.  

View answers to Frequently Asked Questions about air quality and the Air District's activities.

Learn about the Spare the Air Program and how the season affects air quality, and find out whether a Spare the Air Alert is in effect.

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 is announcing the sponsorship of AB 1897, a bill introduced today by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks to increase the penalty ceiling for refinery violations of air quality regulations. 

Learn about the Air District, our Board of Directors, our leadership, our mission, our history and how you can join us in protecting public health, air quality, and the global climate.

Frequently Asked Questions - Spare the Air Program

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Learn about the history of the Air District's efforts to improve air quality in the Bay Area since 1955.

The Air District is extending the air quality advisory for potential smoke in parts of the Bay Area through Sunday, October 21.

Middle- and high-school students from across the region are invited to attend the third annual Youth for the Environment and Sustainability, or YES, Conference on Saturday, January 30, 2016, in Berkeley. The registration deadline for youth presenters is Thursday, December 15, 2015.

Learn about the current work of the Air District's Advisory Council.

The Air District is issuing a Health Advisory and Spare the Air Alert today, Wednesday 10/11/2017. Very unhealthy air quality from the wildfires in the North Bay is causing unprecedented levels of air pollution throughout the Bay Area.

Air quality in the Bay Area continues to be very unhealthy, especially in the fire-impacted counties of Napa, Sonoma and Solano. The smoke plume from the fires has now moved to the South Bay and air quality will be unpredictable and impact the entire Bay Area through the weekend.

The Air District is issuing a Health Advisory and Spare the Air Alert today, Thursday 10/12/2017. Very unhealthy air quality from the wildfires in the North Bay is causing unprecedented levels of air pollution throughout the Bay Area.

The Air District is issuing a Health Advisory and Spare the Air Alert today, Tuesday 10/10/2017. Very unhealthy air quality from the wildfires in the North Bay is causing unprecedented levels of air pollution throughout the Bay Area.

The Air District is announcing the start of the Spare the Air summer smog season on Monday, May 1.