Climate Change and Clean Air

 

CALIFORNIA’S FOURTH CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT - San Joaquin Valley Region 2021

Webinar: Investing in Clean Community Energy Resilence 3.23.2022 the climate center

 

Climate Change Stockton:

Margo Praus Sierra Club representative

Clean Air is regulated by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District:
Sierra Club member Neb Lieba:  San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Citizen Advisory Committee Environmental interest representative 

Air Quality monitoring and emissions reductions are coming to Stockton!

The first AB 617 Community Air Protection Program March 4, 2020 at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium, North Hall  525 N Center St, Stockton, CA 95202; Food at Five (5:00) Meeting starts at 5:30-7:30.  AGENDA

An Application to be a member of the Community Steering Committee are still being accepted (December 2021)
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has affirmed the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s recommendation of Southwest Stockton as one of four new California communities to benefit from additional resources provided by the AB 617 Community Air Protection Program. 
The AB617 program, now in its second year of implementation, is designed to improve quality of life for the state’s most disadvantaged communities through community-led efforts to identify and address local air pollution concerns. AB 617 builds on the Valley Air District’s and CARB’s longstanding efforts developing and implementing regulatory and incentive-based clean air strategies.  
The application to be a member of the Community Steering Committee is DUE January 30, 2020  and current map of the project area can be found at:
http://community.valleyair.org/media/1574/ab617-stockton-steering-committee-app-fill.pdf.
tentative map of AB617 stockton

Please consider getting involved our air quality needs YOU!
Interested community members can sign up to receive information at www.valleyair.org/stockton or contact the District directly at AB617@valleyair.org. For more general information on AB617, visit: www.valleyair.org/community or call the District at 559-230-6000. 
 
Air Quality Planning San Joaquin County Council of Government

Air quality issues are prevalent due to the gemap of san joaquin valley air pollution control districtography of the San Joaquin region, which is located within the federally designated San Joaquin Valley Air Basin. The basin is defined by the mountain and foothill ranges to the east and west, the San Joaquin County line to the north, and the Tehachapi and Sierra Nevada Mountains to the south. According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, our geography creates a giant bowl, which is an ideal condition for air pollution creation and retention. SJC COG 2018 Vehicle Conformity Report

Federal air quality regulations require Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to monitor four air pollutants:

  • Ozone;
  • Particulate matter under 2.5 microns in diameter (PM 2.5);
  • Particulate matter under 10 microns in diameter (PM-10); and
  • Carbon Monoxide (CO).

The San Joaquin Valley is currently designated as nonattainment with respect to Federal air quality standards for ozone and PM 2.5; and has a maintenance plan for PM-10, as well as a maintenance plan for CO for the urbanized/metropolitan areas of Kern, Fresno, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties. As San Joaquin County's transportation planning agency, SJCOG is responsible for demonstrating that transportation plans and programs satisfy the requirements of the Clean Air Act.  

Additionally, Senate Bill 375 (SB 375) was enacted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks through integrated transportation, land use, housing, and environmental planning. Under the law, SJCOG is tasked with developing a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS), a required element of the RTP that provides a plan for meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets set forth by the California Air Resources Board.

Information about filing an air pollution complaint