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Heat and Air Quality Resilience (HAQR) Work Group

HAQR is a network of Santa Clara County jurisdictions, community-based organizations, academia partners, and environmental stakeholders focused on sharing research and data, leveraging resources, and coordinating the implementation of strategies and projects to increase the county’s resilience to extreme heat and impaired air quality.

Current Work Group Chairs

● Adam Ybarra from The Tenacious Group
● Marshall Burke from Stanford University

Work Group Meeting Resources Archive

February 25, 2026

Topics:
• Stanford AIM-AHEAD
• HAQR Information Share

November 19, 2025

Topics:
• Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Program (EHCRP)
• Facilitated Conversation on EHCRP Round 2 Opportunities

August 27, 2025

Topics:
• Innovative and Creative Approaches to Expanding Heat Resilience
• HAQR Participant Feedback Survey Results

May 28, 2025

Topics:
• Summer Heat Forecast
• Extreme Heat Services and Resources
• Impact of Extreme Heat on the Unhoused

February 26, 2025

Topics:
• City of Los Angeles Heat Governance Presentation
• Extreme Heat Social Media Campaign

November 20, 2024

Topics:
• Urban and Community Forestry Program
• State of Santa Clara County Urban Forestry

August 28, 2024

Topics:
• Miami-Dade County Heat Governance Presentation
• Information Share
• Climate Resilience Leadership Academy (CRLA), Entre las Llamas Project

May 29, 2024

Topics:
• HeatRisk Tool and Summer Heat Forecast
• Expanding Access to Cooling Centers in SCC

February 28, 2024

Topics:
• Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Program (EHCRP)
• EHCRP Opportunity Alignment with HAQR

November 29, 2023

Topics:
• Presentation by BAAQMD on wildfire smoke health communications and grant programs

August 23, 2023

Topics:
• Extreme heat social media campaign
• SCC Fire's wildfire mitigation efforts
• Community engagement strategies

May 31, 2023

Topics:
• Three-year work plan
• Presentation from Breathe California and Santa Clara University

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