Alameda County creeks finally close to protection

The Sierra Club, especially the Southern Alameda Group, has made a significant breakthrough in our effort to protect riparian corridors in Alameda County.

For 29 years the county has been out of compliance with a Specific Plan for the designation and protection of its riparian corridors and creeks. At the Board of Supervisors meeting on May 4, Supervisor Nate Miley will propose a moratorium on any further development along riparian corridors until the county can determine how it will comply with its plan. Supervisors Gail Steele, Alice Lai-Bitker, and Miley have pledged to support this moratorium - but it requires one more vote on the five-member Board.

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Contact your supervisor right away at:

1221 Oak St., #536
Oakland, CA 94612

Scott Haggerty (District 1)
district1@acgov.org
(510)272-6691
fax: (510)208-3910

Gail Steele (District 2)
dist2@acgov.org
(510)272-6692

Alice Lai-Bitker (District 3)
BOSDist3@acgov.org
(510)272-6693
fax: (510)268-8004

Nate Miley (District 4)
BOSdist4@acgov.org
(510)272-6694
fax: (510)670-5717

Keith Carson (District 5)
dist5@acgov.org
(510)272-6695
fax: (510)271-5151

Ask them to support the Sierra Club's full request for a development moratorium long enough for the county to determine how to come into compliance with the law and to compensate for 29 years of corridor degradation due to lack of compliance. This must include all riparian corridors along both intermittent and perennial streams.

Calls to Supervisors Carson and Haggerty are especially urgent.

To get involved in the ongoing process to make sure our creeks are well-protected, contact Mike Daley at (510) 848-0800, ext. 304, or mdaley -at- sfbaysc.org

Terry Preston, Bay Chapter and Southern Alameda Group wildlife chair