Tree Protection in Alameda County, CA (2026)

1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 6 cities in Alameda County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Alameda County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Parkway Planting

Planting, maintaining, or removing a tree in the county right-of-way strip between the property line and the paved street is the adjacent owner's job in unincorporated Alameda County.

Parkway Tree Planting Duty in Alameda County

Some Restrictions

Alameda County Code § 12.11.120

The planting, maintenance, removal, or replacement of any tree located in the right-of-way between the private property line and the edge of the paved street shall be the responsibility of the adjacent property owner on whose frontage the tree is located irrespective of who planted said tree. It is a public nuisance for such property owners to fail to maintain, to injure, to improperly remove o...

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