VALLEY AIR

The San Joaquin Valley Air District is a public health agency whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life for all Valley residents through efficient, effective and entrepreneurial air quality management strategies. Our Core Values have been designed to ensure that our mission is accomplished through commonsense, feasible measures that are based on sound science... Despite natural challenges such as the geography, topography and meteorology of the air basin, which create a low capacity for air pollution, the Valley has worked its way up from nonattainment to attainment of critical health standards. Air quality in the Los Angeles area is only marginally worse than the Valley's although about 10 times more pollution is emitted in that region. The Bay Area's air quality is much better than the Valley's, even though about six times more pollution is released there... Federal and state laws require emission control measures in areas where air pollution exceeds standards. The..

Also known as: Valley