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Residents press Half Moon Bay to remove creek debris and address encampments after storm damage
Summary
Neighbors at Frenchman's Creek and other coastside residents urged the council to clear tree debris and address eucalyptus and encampment hazards that pose flood and fire risks; council and staff discussed sanctioned sites, enforcement and environmental limits on riparian clearance.
Several residents used the council priority session to press for immediate action after storm‑season damage and continuing hazards along creeks and bluff edges.
Leslie Anne DeMan, who identified her residence in the Frenchman's Creek area, told the council that tree limbs and trunks left after clearing work on private property have been deposited in a creek channel and are now blocking flow. “Those limbs and tree trunks that they put into the creek have been left there and are falling into the flow of the creek,” DeMan said, and she asked the city to…
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