Bay Area Air Quality Management District

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We work with communities to improve air quality.

The Air District is dedicated to improving air quality for all Bay Area residents. Each of the Bay Area’s nine counties is made up of smaller communities and neighborhoods with unique air quality concerns. The Air District is committed to adopting rules and policies that are fair and equitable to all residents, and to involving the many diverse communities and perspectives in the Bay Area into our work.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

As part of our community outreach program, the Air District organizes and facilitates meetings that provide an opportunity for local residents to share and receive information about air quality-related topics. Through these meetings, the Air District provides information and seeks input on pending regulations, clean air plans and strategies, or other issues of interest to a particular community.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

The Air District’s community outreach staff serve as liaisons to the many communities that comprise the varied and diverse Bay Area region. They work closely with community-based organizations and advocates to address local air quality concerns. In 2012, the Air District worked closely with community organizations to identify methods of outreach that could better serve residents.

COMMUNITY SPARE THE AIR RESOURCE TEAMS

One of the Air District’s innovative efforts to engage the public involved the formation of local resource teams, in conjunction with the creation of the Spare the Air program in 1991. From that point to the current day, local civic groups, agencies, businesses, and environmental organizations have worked collaboratively to implement projects that promote cleaner air. The Air District currently operates nine resource teams in the region, which meet regularly to select and coordinate work on team projects. Past projects have included commute-solutions workshops, car-free tourism resources, idle-free schools and programs that encourage walking and biking to schools to reduce traffic congestion.

YOUTH OUTREACH

The Air District is working collaboratively with its regional agency partners, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments, to promote air quality and climate education through the Climate Initiatives Youth and School Outreach Program. Together these agencies launched a Spare the Air Youth website that allows teachers, students and parents explore resources on improving the environment.

In 2012,

the Air District worked closely with community organizations to identify methods of outreach that could better serve residents.