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The San Joaquin Valley is home to a large number of older cars, many of which do not meet state emissions standards. Tune In & Tune Up helps vehicle owners take voluntary action to improve air quality by subsidizing expensive smog repairs.

The Clean Green Yard Machines Commercial Voucher Program (Commercial CGYM) provides incentives for the replacement of landscape maintenance equipment to lawn care providers, such as public agencies and private entities in the San Joaquin Valley.

There are an estimated 320,000 fireplaces and wood stoves in Sacramento County homes. Wood smoke created from the use of wood and pellets in these devices is a significant source of particulate matter, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, toxic air contaminants and odors, especially during the winter. These pollutants are linked to serious health impacts. 

The Sac Metro Air District is committed to reducing pollution coming from wood burning fireplaces and wood stoves. It has an incentive program that helps people change out their existing wood burning units to cleaner units, and an enforcement program to stimulate compliance with rules related to wintertime burning activities.

The Woodsmoke Reduction Program will offer financial incentives for homeowners to replace old, inefficient, and highly polluting wood stoves, wood inserts, or fireplaces with cleaner burning and more efficient home heating devices. The incentive amount will vary depending on the location of the residence and the household income. The Woodsmoke Reduction Program is part of California Climate Investments, a Statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment.

The On-Road Voucher Incentive Program (VIP) takes the current criteria of the Carl Moyer Program Fleet Modernization Program and streamlines the requirements for both the participants and the District. By streamlining the guideline requirements, the goal of the voucher program is to provide funding opportunities for fleets with 3 or fewer vehicles to quickly replace or retrofit their older heavy-duty diesel vehicles.

Fleet owners that operate vehicles with 2006 or older model year diesel engines may be eligible for funding towards the purchase of an exhaust retrofit.

The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District offers an incentive program to residents that live within the District to replace their old, non-EPA certified wood stove, fireplace insert, or open-hearth fireplace with a newer, cleaner burning device, such as an EPA certified wood stove/insert or a natural gas, propane, or electric heating device.

The Wood Stove Replacement Program is funded by the Lassen County Air Pollution Control District. This program provides an incentive voucher to replace a pre-1992 or homemade non-EPA certified wood-burning stove or fireplace that is used as a primary source of heat with either an EPA-certified wood stove or insert, pellet stove or insert, natural gas, propane, or electric heating device. Vouchers of $1500 are available to all Lassen County residents with qualifying devices, who have not received a wood stove replacement grant within the last 5 years. For low-income residents enhanced vouchers of $3000 are available.