By Joe Rivano Barros, Mission Local
San Francisco has no money for trees, according to the Department of Public Works. Property owners want that remedied and so does the department, but until that happens, Public Works will continue to transfer 24,000 city trees to make property owners liable for their care and any ensuing accidents.
In its third year, the Tree Maintenance Transfer Plan, which transfers responsibility for street trees from the city to fronting property owners, is now drawing the ire of a group of 35 Mission residents calling themselves the Friends of Folsom Street Trees.
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