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Planning commission hears Urban Forest Plan goals: 50,000 street trees, municipal maintenance program proposed
Summary
Planning Department staff outlined a draft Urban Forest Plan that inventories roughly 700,000 trees citywide and proposes planting 50,000 new street trees and a fully funded municipal street-tree maintenance program, with an open house Jan.15 and a four‑week comment period.
The San Francisco Planning Commission heard an informational presentation on the draft Urban Forest Plan on Jan. 9, 2014, as staff outlined goals to expand the city’s tree canopy and to secure stable funding for planting and maintenance. John Sway, the plan manager, said the plan combines a street-tree financing study, a citywide street-tree census and policy recommendations designed to protect and grow the urban forest.
"We have about 700,000 trees," Sway said, adding that approximately 105,000 of those are street trees and that replacing every tree in San Francisco would be an estimated $1.7 billion undertaking. He told commissioners the trees provide roughly $10 million a year in environmental benefits and that the plan would seek a…
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