Measure DD (2002), the Oakland Trust for Clean Water and Safe Parks

In 2002, Oakland voters passed Measure DD, authorizing $198,250,000 in bonds to create the Oakland Trust for Clean Water and Safe Parks, whose purpose is to “improve water quality, provide educational and recreational facilities for children, clean up Lake Merritt, restore Oakland’s creeks, waterfront and Estuary, preserve and acquire open space, renovate parks, provide safe public spaces, and provide matching funds to quality for state and federal funding for these projects.”

Read the text of the voter-approved Measure DD Bond.

See more about the project categories and implementations further down the page.

The Measure DD Community Coalition provides oversight, input, feedback, and recommendations to project staff on organizing, prioritizing, and spending for DD projects. The Coalition assists with applications for supplemental funding.

The Measure DD Community Coalition was authorized by Oakland City Council in 2003 as "an inclusive coalition of Oaklanders and organizations interested in the implementation of Measure DD."

• More information, including meeting schedule and contact information for the Measure DD Community Coalition.
• Other ways to volunteer

• Measure DD Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
• Lake Merritt: The Jewel of Oakland.
• Lake Merritt Stewardship and Measure DD Project maintenance