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Board votes unanimously to place street-tree maintenance and $19 million fund on November ballot
Summary
San Francisco supervisors voted 11-0 to submit a charter amendment that would transfer responsibility for maintenance of 105,000 street trees to the city, require a $19 million annual contribution to a special fund (adjusted annually), and enable planting 50,000 additional trees if approved by voters.
On July 29, 2016, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously (11-0) to submit a charter amendment to the Nov. 8, 2016 ballot that would transfer responsibility for maintenance of street trees to the city, including trees on San Francisco Unified School District property, and require an annual contribution of $19,000,000 to a special fund (adjusted annually for changes in aggregate discretionary city revenues).
Supporters said the measure would relieve…
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