West Oakland Air Pollution Trends: 20 Years of Data, Health Impacts & Demographic Shifts

can West Oakland finally breathe easier

For decades, West Oakland has suffered from some of the Bay Area’s worst air quality. Diesel trucks rumbling through neighborhood streets, busy port terminals, and nearby freeways have turned its air thick with soot. In fact, as one report noted, residents lived with “alarming levels of pollution,” and asthma rates soared to 7 times the … Read more