About Us
Flooding was a common experience in some Alameda County communities from their earliest days until the mid-1950s and 1960s. The State Legislature created the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation district in 1949 at the request of county residents. Cities and unincorporated areas were grouped into zones that corresponded to watersheds and community boundaries. Zone 2 covers 40,000 acres of the San Lorenzo Creek watershed and its sub-watersheds, including portions of San Leandro and Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Cherryland and Ashland.
With just-released data about water flow and the carrying capacity of our flood control channel and earthen levees, combined with new information about the effect of climate change on the intensity of storms and rainfall, the District has a real sense of urgency to move forward quickly and efficiently with creek, lake and flood protection projects.
Watershed Partners
The District is working with a broad coalition of community groups and agencies such as Friends of San Lorenzo Creek, Cull Canyon Homeowners Association, the San Lorenzo Creek Watershed Advisory Group, environmental groups, the East Bay Regional Parks District and the Hayward Area Recreation District. In addition, California’s State Division of Safety of Dams, US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are also working closely with the District.
In addition, the District has mobilized technical resources as part of a technical working group and representatives of cities and the county in a financial working group that will meet regularly. The groups will report to the community and receive your feedback during four community meetings. The first is scheduled for early next year.
