Events
Engaging the public throughout the development and implementation of AB 617 will be paramount. The District plans to host a series of workshops, public meetings, and community forums to educate the public, yet more importantly, to solicit suggestions and feedback on a wide variety of issues, including allocation of funds, identifying communities for potential enhanced monitoring and action plan development.
See all AB 617 Related EventsUpcoming Events
Regular District Meetings
Related Workshops
Funding
AB 617 and the recent Cap and Trade extension legislation is expected to bring significant additional funds to the Valley to help reduce emissions and improve public health in disadvantaged communities. Learn about qualifying projects, impacted communities and investment priorities.
Read About AB 617 FundingGrants Program
The District also administers an existing comprehensive incentive-based grants program to reduce emissions throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Contact
You can contact the Valley Air District about any AB617 related issues or questions.
559-230-6000
Ask for Jessica Olsen, Stephanie Ng or Heather Heinks
South Central Fresno Steering Committee meetings and info
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Follow Up on CSC Meeting Action Items
South Central Fresno Running Action ItemsEmissions summaries for District permitted facilities within the South Central Fresno community boundary:
The community of Fresno is the largest metropolitan area in the San Joaquin Valley, the fifth largest city in California, and is the largest inland city in California. The current estimated population for Fresno is over 530,000. A number of heavily trafficked freeways transverse through the City of Fresno, including highways 99, 41, 180, and 168, contributing a significant amount to the mobile source emissions in the community. In addition to the area-wide sources of pollution, the large population in the area also contributes to emissions from a variety of consumer products. The southwest portion of Fresno also includes a number of industrial sources of emissions. Specifically, South Central Fresno is a densely populated community within the City of Fresno, and is downwind of emissions from the northern portion of Fresno. This community also includes the major roadways of Highways 180 and 41, and their interchange. In addition, emissions reductions in this southern community of Fresno will improve air quality in other communities and cities downwind from the Fresno urban area. This defined community in Fresno also includes the disadvantaged areas of Calwa and Malaga.
This community is geographically bounded by McKinley Avenue to the north, Chestnut Avenue to the east, American Avenue to the south, and includes the community of Malaga and its surrounding industrial area to the southeast. The western portion of the boundary ranges from Nielsen and Brawley Avenues in the northwest to Hwy 41 and American Avenue in the southwest, which incorporates residential and industrial communities along Hwy 99 and west of Hwy 41 such as the Industrial Triangle and parts of West Fresno. The South Central Fresno community also includes downtown Fresno, Chinatown, Roeding Park, and encompasses multiple hospitals, schools, small businesses, and densely populated residential areas. The total population in this South Central Fresno community is estimated to be around 130,000.
The South Central Fresno community is impacted across a number of health indicators, as summarized in the CalEnviroScreen tool. The South Central Fresno community includes high average percentiles among its census tracts within the majority of indicators, with many averages exceeding the 90th percentile for the state. Specifically, the average Overall CalEnviroScreen Score and Population Characteristics values are both above the 97th percentile. It should be noted that this community includes the census tract with the highest Population Characteristics score in the entire state, which represents a number of health and socioeconomic factors (asthma, cardiovascular disease, low birth weight, educational attainment, housing burdened low-income households, linguistic isolation, poverty, and unemployment). This community includes census tracts with health indicators that exceed the 97th percentile in a majority of the listed categories, clearly indicating that this community includes areas heavily impacted by environmental challenges.
Use our interactive online tool to provide location suggestions for the development of vegetative barriers in South Central Fresno!
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