Eden Housing Returns 3 Acres In Castro Valley To Indigenous Land Trust

CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Eden Housing has transferred three acres of land along San Lorenzo Creek, also known as Lisjan Creek, to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, marking a significant step in returning ancestral lands to the Indigenous Lisjan Nation.

"My people are named for this waterway, my ancestors would gather here," said Lisjan Nation Tribal Chairwoman and Land Trust co-founder Corrina Gould. "This place is important for our cultural and environmental restoration work. We are honored to be able to be in relationship with these land and waters again and contribute to their healing."

The land, historically significant to the Ohlone people, will be managed under a conservation easement with a perpetual endowment.

"We celebrate this land return and the included endowment," said STLT Landback Coordinator Francis Randstead. "We are excited for the possibilities of projects that support the community and the environment while in meaningful collaboration with Indigenous people of the land they are on."

Restoration efforts will include habitat revitalization and reintroducing native plants, honoring the area’s cultural and environmental legacy for future generations.