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Project Background and Quick Start Guide

for the East Oakland Air Pollution and Community Asset Mapping

Project Background

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (the Air District or BAAQMD) is co-developing a Community Emission Reduction Plan (CERP) with local community leaders and stakeholders for the East Oakland area. The purpose of the East Oakland CERP is to develop community-led strategies to reduce harmful air pollution that impacts people where they live, work, play and pray. Visit our website at www.baaqmd.gov to learn more about how the Air District regulates air pollution across the nine counties of the Bay Area to protect public health and the environment.

Your input is critical to helping us understand the air pollution concerns that are most important to you and your community. We are using the Social Pinpoint mapping tool to collect community input that will help inform strategies to reduce air pollution and protect public health, especially in those communities most at risk from poor air quality. The Air District is placing an emphasis on outreach and engagement with community members in underrepresented or historically underserved areas. This is your opportunity to provide us with information based on your lived experience in the East Oakland area.

There are three categories of information that you can add to this map :

  • Air Pollution Concerns : Air pollution from buildings, industry, trains, trucks, ships, etc.
  • Locations Where People Gather : Places where people gather – especially seniors, young people, or community members with increased health risks.
  • Community Strengths and Resources : Locations which represent the creativity, culture, history, heritage, and strength of the community.


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The goal of this project is to inform efforts to reduce air pollution emissions and exposure and in turn improve community health in the East Oakland area. This is a community-led process and your knowledge of history and local conditions is critical to directing our efforts to improve community health.


An email address is required to comment but will not be displayed next to your comment; it is collected for notification purposes only.

Quick Start Guide


To share your story:

  1. Click on the green Add to Map button at the top.
  2. Select a marker type that aligns with your thought, idea or concern.
    brown circle with a white overlay of a cloud
    		 Air Pollution Concerns

    Air pollution from buildings, industry, trains, trucks, ships, etc. at this location.

    • Please add location-specific information about your knowledge of the potential source of pollution and how it may affect community health, safety, or quality of life.
    • Existing brown dots on the map indicate facilities that have air pollution permits from the Air District.
    pink circle with a white overlay of one person in front of two others
    		 Locations Where People Gather

    Places where people gather – especially seniors, young people, or community members with increased health risks.

    • Please add any missing locations or more information about a particular location.
    • Existing pink dots on the map indicate places where people may gather, like schools and hospitals.
    green circle with a white overlay of a star
    		 Community Strengths and Resources

    Locations which represent the creativity, culture, history, heritage, and strength of the local community.

    • Please add locations that will help us build a better understanding of the community; it is critical that we know what places are important to you and why.
    • Understanding these locations will help us strengthen and target emissions reduction programs.
  3. Drag and zoom the map to put the marker at the appropriate location, then click "Place Marker Here" to drop the pin.
  4. Add your story in the comment box that appears, then click Next. This will submit your comment and generate a confirmation email.
  5. An optional survey for including further information will be shown. Click the top right "x" to dismiss.

Each placed marker also has an option for others to add comments, as well as add simple thumbs up / thumbs down reactions. All of this information will be taken into consideration.

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