The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA) is a local government agency, made up of five member agencies: the cities of East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo Park, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) and the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency Agency. The members are based on their shared jurisdictional authority over the San Francisquito Creek. The SFCJPA is governed by a five member board of directors, one member appointed from each of the SFCPJA members’ elected councils or boards.

The SFCJPA is funded by annual member agency contributions (which pays for operating expenses) and grants, member agency contributions and donations (which pay for planning, design and construction of the SFCJPA’s projects). A significant amount of flood protection design and construction funding comes to the SFCJPA projects from Valley Water’s Safe Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program. Project design and construction is funded by a combination of federal and state grants, and local funding.

The SFCJPA facilitates feasibility studies and integrated projects to address flood management, tidal and sea level flooding, and ecosystem and recreational enhancements in and along the San Francisquito Creek, and the bay margins in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and East Palo Alto.

The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA) offices are located in downtown Menlo Park at 750 Menlo Avenue, Suite 250. The offices are an easy walk from the CalTrain station or from local bus services. Public parking is available in the lot in the center of the block behind the building.

The members of the SFCJPA are the cities of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District, also known as OneShoreline.