Action and Issues Current Action San Lorenzo Creek Watershed Task Force — In October 2006 the Alameda County Board of Supervisors created a task force on creeks in the San Lorenzo watershed (see Archives below). The task force began meeting in August 2007. See Creek Task Force Website. Corps Reform Network — A coalition of organizations concerned about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management of water resources, advocating for reforms to the Corps' procedures. Archives Alameda County Task Force on Creeks — On Oct. 5, 2006 the Alameda County Board of Supervisors created a task force to examine issues concerning the San Lorenzo Creek system. Proposal by Friends of San Lorenzo Creek for an Alameda County Public Task Force on Creeks (Sept. 12, 2005) County Staff Report to Board of Supervisors on Creation of Creeks Task Force (Oct. 5, 2006) Alameda County Moratorium on Creekside Development — The moratorium applies only to creeks in the county's unincorporated areas. Memorandum to Board of Supervisors (Alameda County planning staff, April 26, 2006) Emergency Moratorium on Creekside Development in the San Lorenzo Watershed (Alameda County Board of Supervisors, May 4, 2006) Memorandum to Planning Commission (Alameda County planning staff, May 15, 2006) Memorandum to Board of Supervisors (Alameda County planning staff, June 8, 2006) Extended Moratorium on Creekside Development in the San Lorenzo Watershed (Alameda County Board of Supervisors, June 15, 2006) A freeway alongside San Lorenzo Creek? — In 2002 the Metropolitan Transportation Commission seriously considered building a new freeway and bridge across the bay, alongside San Lorenzo Creek and over the San Lorenzo Creek marshlands. This idea was killed by the efforts of a few, but don't be surprised if it surfaces again. (See "New Mid-Bay Bridge," page 21. File is PDF.)