By Daphne Matziaraki, Bay Nature
San Francisco is planning to shift more street trees into the hands of private property owners, despite evidence that the city’s tree canopy has suffered since the transfer policy began three years ago.
San Francisco’s Department of Public Works explained its controversial plans on Monday at a packed room in San Francisco’s City Hall at a hearing of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
The department “is unable to take care of all the trees,” said Carla Short, an urban forester at Public Works.
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