It's 2006

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Yvonna Cázares

"Science may have found a cure for most evils;

but it has found no remedy for

the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings."

- Helen Keller

Organize Diverse Communities

for Better Air Quality

1 in 7

Bay Area residents has a respiratory condition

The Air District

protects the air you breathe

Where you live

determines your health

Live within 1000 ft

of a freeway?

Cancer and heart disease

Major roads

Particulate matter (PM)

Brake and tire debris

DUST

Health impacts

Asthma

cardiovascular disease

childhood leukemia

premature death.

Autism linked to air pollution

of San Jose = 79.5 years

Los Altos, Mountain View,

Palo Alto = 86.7 years

Source: HealthTrust.org

21,818

Air quality inspections in 2013

$56.25 million

for clean air projects in 2013

192 Community Meetings

in 2013

Youth for the Environment and Sustainability

Y.E.S. Conference

both educates and engages residents

Social media

1 to 1

conversations

Although we have made great strides

we have more work to do

More voices

are needed

Public Participation

Plan

Provide opportunities for

meaningful engagement

CARE Program

Build and strengthen relationships

Assume all

are potential allies

Values are

common ground

Bay Area Near Roadway

Sensor Study