October 1997 - AQMD adopted 4 guiding principles and 10 initiatives to ensure environmental justice for all.

1999 - the Governing Board developed a follow-up plan with an additional set of initiatives which became the Children's Air Quality Agenda.

Workplans have been adopted to continually update and enhance Environmental Justice Programs.

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Some of the key initiatives that have been implemented under the program to date include:

• Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study (MATES) II, the nation’s most comprehensive study of toxic air pollution. MATES III, a follow up study, is underway to assess current levels of cancer-causing toxic air pollutants.
• A series of Clean Fleet rules geared to reducing diesel exhaust from transit buses, trash trucks, street sweepers, airport taxis, school buses and other fleets.
• The nation’s first strategy for reducing Cumulative Impacts, or combined sources, of air pollution in the region.
• Funding lower-emitting technologies under the Carl Moyer Program, the Zero Emission Vehicle Incentive Program, and the Lower Emission School Bus Program. A percentage of these funds have been designated for use in low-income and/or minority communities.
• Development of a Guidance Document for Addressing Air Quality Issues in General Plan and Local Planning for cities to use when updating their general plans.
• Preparation of a guidance document on Air Quality Issues in School Site Selection which provides suggested policies that school districts can use to prevent or reduce potential air pollution impacts and protect the health of their students and staff. 
• Adoption of an Air Toxics Control Plan examining the overall direction of the AQMD's air toxics control program over the course of the next decade.