Board pauses Main Library plan to remove 19 ficus trees, orders collaborative replacement plan
After hours of testimony from community groups, the Library and Urban Forestry, the Board continued appeals over removal of 19 ficus trees at San Francisco’s Main Library to March 20 and directed a collaborative plan for phased removal, larger replacement trees and site alternatives.
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The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Jan. 23 continued two appeals challenging the San Francisco Public Library’s order to remove 19 ficus trees around the Main Library to March 20, directing the Library, the Bureau of Urban Forestry and community groups to prepare a collaborative plan addressing phased removal, replacement locations and feasibility of moving a nearby bus shelter.
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