The 2024 Annual Report provides an overview to the public on District activities and programs, local air quality issues, budgeting and accounting practices, and highlights work completed during the last year to protect health and improve air quality within the District. This comprehensive document not only encapsulates the district’s endeavors over the past year but also sets a promising trajectory for the future of air quality management in the region.
In 2024, the District continued to work toward meeting and maintaining federal air quality health standards through adopting and enforcing air quality programs and plans, maintaining air monitoring networks, and administering air quality grant programs. The District is pleased to report that it will be submitting a clean data finding to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 2008 Federal Ozone Standard as part of the Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area, putting the region on track to meet its attainment deadline of midyear 2025.
The District also undertook an ambitious effort to increase grant program investment in low-income and disadvantaged communities. The District expanded outreach efforts by attending events within these communities, working with local businesses and public agencies to promote grant programs, and using social media to spread the word about new opportunities. Notably, the District awarded more than $1.8 million in grant funding to a variety of projects located within low-income and disadvantaged communities, including tractor replacements, EV charging installation, residential heat pump voucher incentives, and lawn and garden equipment replacements. These incentive efforts are vital for improving air quality in the communities most impacted by the harmful effects of air pollution.
