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Board upholds Sixteenth Street tree removals after SFMTA-funded replacement plan; appeals denied
Summary
After months of community concern and claims that the city’s survey recommended pruning, the board denied appeals against Sixteenth Street Phase 1 ficus removals, finding the departmental review and an SFMTA‑funded program to plant 53 36‑inch‑box trees and water them for three years provided adequate mitigation.
Appellants challenged a Public Works order approving removal of multiple ficus trees as part of SFMTA’s Sixteenth Street Phase 1 improvements, arguing the 2017 EveryTreeSF census recommended pruning not removal and that a citywide ficus removal campaign warranted CEQA review.
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