AFSCME Local 2428 Police Association
The East Bay Regional Park District and the Regional Parks Foundation recognized U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier on December 8, 2023, with the 2023 Radke Championing Advocacy Award at a ceremony along the Iron Horse Trail in Walnut Creek.
After a nationwide search, the East Bay Regional Park District announces the appointment of José G. González as its new Equity Officer to lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the public agency.
The Park District has purchased the 768-acre Finley Road Ranch property located off Finley Road in Contra Costa County at the western edge of Morgan Territory Regional Preserve and the southern edge of Mount Diablo State Park. The acquisition preserves forever one of the largest remaining pristine open spaces adjacent to Mount Diablo State Park.
The Briones Pilot Project is testing a variety of trail management strategies to safely share existing trails and protect park habitat, wildlife, and watersheds. The Pilot Project takes a balanced approach by dedicating four trail segments for bike-only, downhill-only use and restoring illegal bootleg trails back to nature.
In September, the Park District Board of Directors voted to allow Class I e-Bikes on all trails where regular bikes are allowed, and Class II e-Bikes on all paved Regional Trails.
On September 30 and October 1, parkgoers were treated to a special preview of the newly renovated Roberts Pool.