District 1 Clean California

Adopt-A-Highway lets you contribute to your community by keeping local highways free of litter. The Clean California initiative adds incentives to the program. Visit Clean California's Adopt a Highway page for details.

Visit the District 1 Adopt-A-Highway Map

Video: Adopt-A-Highway Thank You

Have you noticed a lot of litter or large debris while traveling highways through District 1? For non-urgent issues, Caltrans has a web app for that! Make a mental note of the location, then visit csr.dot.ca.gov at your next stop and let us know. Our maintenance crews will head out as soon as possible. Thank you for helping to keep California clean. 

Do Your Part:

Secure loads with tarps and ties.
Properly dispose of trash and recycling.
Have a plan to properly dispose of pet waste if on a walk or traveling.
Participate in community clean-up events.
Check with your local trash company for disposal or large, bulky items.
Adopt-A-Highway!

It takes all of us to have a Clean California!

The Clean California Local Grant Program is funded with approximately $296 million for local communities to beautify and improve local streets, roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways, and transit centers. Visit Clean California's Local Grants page for information about the projects and details about the grant process. 

Caltrans will locally fund seven projects in District 1 to remove trash, create jobs, and engage communities to transform local spaces. The grants are part of Governor Newsom's Clean California initiative, a sweeping $1.1 billion, multiyear clean-up effort led by Caltrans. 

Local partners were able to secure $11.5 million in grant funding for community enhancements to beautify public spaces in District 1. 

District 1 Clean California Local Grant Program Projects:

• City of Clearlake's Downtown Beautification and Clean-up will benefit an underserved area by upgrading safety features and mitigating litter and illegal dumping issues. 
  • City of Clearlake's Downtown Beautification and Cleanup Project Fact Sheet
• City of Rio Dell's Gateway Beautification project adds a sense of community by updating the town's main street by replacing unhealthy trees in the median, upgrading the irrigation, and revitalizing a local park. 
• City of Rio Dell's Eel River Trail project develops a 1/4-mile, shared-use path along the river in an underserved community in Humboldt County by providing the first designated public access to Eel River in the city. 
  • Eel River Trail Project Overview
  • Eel River Trail Before
  • Eel River Trail After
  • Video: City of Rio Dell Clean CA Grant Projects
• County of Lake's Beautification Initiative project provides upgrades to county parks including restrooms, public art, shade structures, and benches. In addition, educational campaigns to maintain county parks as a means of health and wellness in an underserved area. 

• Hoopa Valley Tribe Council's Hoopa Four Project focuses on debris removal, beautification, rehabilitation, and enhancement to community parks for ADA accessibility and community recreation. The project supports community pride and well-being in a historically underserved community in Humboldt County.
  • Hoopa Four Project Overview
  • Hoopa Four Project Location: Pookey's Park
  • Hoopa Four Project Location: Jack Jarnaghan Rodeo Grounds
  • Hoopa Four Project Location Location: Tish Tang Campground
  • Hoopa Four Project Location: Neighborhood Facility
• Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District's Peninsula Beautification Project enhances public spaces and increases the number of locations residents can safely enjoy in a community that struggles with illegal dumping and other illicit activities that create a sense of discomfort for residents. The project will increase access points to beaches and local trails for safe recreational opportunities.
  • Peninsula Beautification Project Fact Sheet
  • Video: Peninsula Beautification Clean CA Grant Projects

• The Manchester Band of Pomo Indians' Tribal Clean-up project focuses on beautifying tribal lands through waste removal and vegetation rehabilitation in a historically underserved, low-income community in Mendocino County. The project includes removing abandoned vehicles and overgrown vegetation to provide a healthier environment for transit, walking, and recreation. 
  
  • Manchester Band of Pomo Indians Project Fact Sheet

These local projects are in addition to the $312 million for 126 beautification projects along the state highway system. 

• Hoopa Downtown
• Eureka Utility Cabinets
• Vance Parklet
  •  Video: Vance Ave Parklet Ribbon Cutting
• Covelo Downtown Connectivity
• Orleans Community Enhancements
• Berry Summit Vista Point
• Samoa Bridge
  •  Video: Samoa Bridge Beautification Project

Caltrans removed 267,000 cubic yards of trash in 2020 — enough to fill 18,000 garbage trucks. Clean California will remove an additional 1.2 million cubic yards, or 21,000 tons, of trash from the state system alone.

This much trash:

• Fills 81,000 garbage trucks
• Fills the Rose Bowl 3 times
• Fills enough trash bags to cross 3,000 miles — the length of the U.S. from east to west
• Weighs the equivalent of 135 Statues of Liberty

These figures are only for trash on the state highway system and does not include local litter collection. 

$418M: Litter Abatement over three years

$287M: State Beautification Projects over two years

$296M: Local Beautification Projects over two years

$33M: Public Education over two years

$62M: Project Design, Construction, Local Support and Engagement 

Caltrans estimates that Clean California will create an estimated 10,000-11,000 jobs over three years, including state jobs and opportunities for people experiencing homelessness, at-risk youth, and people re-entering society following incarceration.

Communities along state highways in all 58 California counties stand to benefit from Clean California. Caltrans will ramp up trash collection efforts and incorporate sustainable landscapes along state highways. Caltrans will fund projects on local streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways and transit centers through a new grant program to clean and enhance public spaces.

Caltrans is currently developing the criteria to equitably award the local grants to underserved, rural and urban communities throughout the state. Communities with unique and significant projects that meet the program’s criteria will be eligible to receive funds based on need, population and the number of proposals. Caltrans will match local investments using a need-based formula that provides additional state support to underserved communities with a goal of funding more than 100 local projects throughout California a year.

This initiative focuses on driving a cultural shift of shared responsibility and community pride for the cleanliness of our roadways through education on properly throwing away trash and the impacts littering has on natural resources, waterways, public safety and health to encourage Californians to do their part to keep our state clean.

It won’t. The funding for Clean California is separate from the budget for the state’s highways and bridges. Senate Bill 1, the transportation bill signed into law in 2017, invests $5 billion dollars a year to repair and upgrade bridges, pavement, local roads and transit. Learn more at rebuildingca.ca.gov.