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Board hears updates on tree replacements at former Hastings site and UCSF Parnassus; staff to return with contracting timeline
Summary
San Francisco Bureau of Urban Forestry told the Board of Appeals that UC Hastings' required replacement trees have been planted and that UCSF still needs to fund and contract planting of about 105 street trees; commissioners asked for a follow-up report and greater detail on site selection and contracting.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 7 heard an update from the Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUFF) on two previous appeal orders requiring tree replacement: the 198 McAllister (former Hastings College of the Law/UC Law) project and the UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus project.
BUFF Urban Forester Chris Buck told the board the replacement requirement for the Hastings/198 McAllister project has been completed. The replacement planting met the previously required 3-for-1 ratio using 36-inch-box trees along the property frontage and additional community plantings, Buck said. BUFF and the applicant acknowledged the planting timeline took longer than expected but that the obligation has been satisfied as of April 2025.
The board was told the UCSF Parnassus order remains partially open. UCSF has completed community planting work and neighborhood engagement but has not yet provided the funding for Public Works to contract installation of roughly 105 street trees required under that permit condition. Buck said the city remains within the department’s enforcement window but contracting has…
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