Oakland Alameda
Adaptation
Committee
About Us
The Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC) is a coalition of shoreline communities and stakeholders working to co-create a coordinated and inclusive future-looking action plan and sub-regional organizational structure to accelerate sea level rise adaptation, protect and restore water quality, recreation and habitat, and promote community resilience.
The Oakland-Alameda sub-region stretches from the Bay Bridge touchdown in the north to Oyster Bay in the south, and includes jurisdictions, agencies and community based organizations that have an interest in the Oakland-Alameda shoreline, as well as regional, state and federal collaborators.
Our shoreline is vulnerable to coastal inundation and rising groundwater and contamination as a result of rising sea levels and liquefaction from earthquakes, which increases with sea level rise. These climate induced hazards will put critical infrastructure at risk, damage habitat, and further burden already vulnerable communities. Our goal is to create an inclusive, transformative, and equitable climate-ready communities along the Oakland-Alameda shoreline.
Please submit comments by email to oaac@greenbelt.org.
The Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC) is a coalition of shoreline communities and stakeholders working
Project Areas
OAAC is currently collaborating on three funded adaptation projects that address sea level rise vulnerabilities in the cities of Alameda and Oakland and at the Port of Oakland. These projects seek to address areas of near-term vulnerability while also building a long-term framework for future collective action and planning. The below projects, referred to as the OAAC ADAPT Projects, are funded through 2025.
Project A: Long-term Subregional Adaptation Plan
Project B: Oakland-Alameda Estuary Project
Project C: Bay Farm Island Adaptation
Project A is a long-term Subregional Adaptation Plan that details preliminary strategies and pathways for shoreline communities to take as the climate and shorelines change over time, as required by state law. This project covers the shorelines of Oakland-Alameda Estuary, San Leandro Bay, and Bay Farm Island.
The Oakland Alameda Estuary Project is a near-term sea level rise adaptation design concept to address increased coastal, stormwater, and groundwater flooding for up to two feet of sea level rise over the coming decades. The project will include strategies to elevate and adapt low-lying areas of the shoreline combined with green infrastructure such as rain gardens and storm drainage improvements.
Project C focuses on Bay Farm Island and is a near-term sea level rise adaptation project to address two feet of sea level rise over the coming decades. This project planning effort also includes long-term adaptation strategies for the project area (2080 and beyond).
In order to learn from community members about their priorities around the shoreline, we've released a survey. Please use this to help us gather relevant information for decision making.
Project Timeline
