Visitors to Del Valle and the other East Bay Regional Park District parks could buy a year of parking, fishing, boating or swimming for a flat $45 starting in January under a fee schedule the district's board is set to approve Tuesday.
The 2027 fee schedule is on the consent calendar for the board's 1 p.m. meeting at district headquarters, 2950 Peralta Oaks Court in Oakland, which can also be joined on Zoom. The board's operations committee recommended it unanimously on Sept. 10, and the new fees would take effect Jan. 1.
The new passes
According to the staff report, the district would add four annual passes, each priced at $45:
- An annual parking pass, per person.
- An annual fishing pass, which covers the district fishing permit.
- An annual boating pass for boat launching, which does not include boat inspections.
- A swim season pass that covers swim access for up to six people a day.
Staff describe the passes as a new offering in line with the Regional Parks Foundation's transition plan. The proposed schedule keeps the $5 daily vehicle parking fee and the $5 daily fishing permit.
What goes up
Reserved group picnic sites would cost $10 more per day for Alameda and Contra Costa County residents and $14 more for non-residents. A 35-person site, for example, would go from $60 to $70 for residents.
Group camping rises more sharply. Developed group sites would be a flat $150 a night, up from $100 to $150. Primitive group sites would climb by $25 to $150 a night depending on size, with the 300-person site going from $200 to $350. Overflow parking at campgrounds would go from $8 to $10 a night.
