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1. Introduction
1.1. Background
San Francisco Bay Area population has been intensely growing during the last decades, with a
census of around 5 million people in 1980, and an estimation of 7,756,158 inhabitants in 2017.
Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is composed of four counties (Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino), with an estimated population of around 17 million people.
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