San Francisco residents may get sandbags at the Department of Public Works yard at 2323 Cesar Chavez St., weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
San Mateo County officials are giving away sandbags at 25 locations. Call the local public works department:
Atherton Public Works Department – (650) 752-0570
Belmont Public Works Department – (650) 595-7425
Brisbane Public Works Department – (415) 508-2130
Burlingame Public Works Department – (650) 558-7670
Colma Public Works Department – (650) 757-8888
Daly City Public Works Department – (650) 991-8064.
East Palo Alto Public Works Department – (650) 853-3105
Foster City Public Works Department – (650) 286-3270
Half Moon Bay Public Works Department – (650) 726-8260
Hillsborough Public Works Department – (650) 375-7444
Menlo Park Public Works Department – (650) 330.6780
Millbrae Public Works Department – (650) 259-2374
Pacifica Public Works Department – (650) 738-3760
Portola Valley Public Works Department – (650)851-1700
Redwood City Public Works Department – (650) 780-7464
San Bruno Public Works Department – (650) 616-7065
San Carlos Public Works Department – (650) 802-4140
San Mateo Public Works Department – (650) 522-7300
South San Francisco Public Works Department – (650) 877-8550
Woodside Public Works Department – (650) 851-6790
Unincorporated areas of San Mateo County
County residents in unincorporated areas may pick up sandbags free of charge at the following locations:
Grant Corporation Yard, 752 Chestnut, Redwood City – (650) 363-4103
Princeton Corporation Yard, 203 Cornell Ave. – (650) 728-7993
Pescadero Corporation Yard, 1000 Pescadero Rd. – (650) 879-0202
Pescadero High School, 350 Butano Cutoff Rd.
La Honda Corporation Yard, 59 Entrada Way – (650) 747-0341
There is a limit of 15 bags; requests for additional bags will be considered on a case-by-case basis. When you are done with them, feel free to bring them back to the yard for disposal or simply empty the sand on you lawn and throw the bags away.
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