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Supervisors press city to find long-term funding for street-tree maintenance as pruning cycles slip to nine years
Summary
Supervisor Scott Wiener urged the city to find sustainable funding for street-tree maintenance as DPW’s pruning cycle stretches to nine years, raising safety and equity concerns for property owners.
Supervisor Scott Wiener raised concern about a decline in tree maintenance funding at the Board of Supervisors, asking the mayor and staff to seek durable revenue sources for urban forestry maintenance.
Wiener said cuts to Department of Public Works (DPW) and Recreation & Parks tree budgets have led to safety hazards from falling branches and shifted maintenance responsibilities to property owners. He proposed exploring sustainable funding mechanisms such as a tree parcel tax or a tree…
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