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Board of Appeals denies rehearing on 95 Nordhoff tree relocation after experts disagree on transplant outcomes
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied a rehearing request over moving a large redwood at 95 Nordhoff, after neighbors presented photos and a UC Berkeley researcher raised concerns about post‑transplant decline while project proponents and Public Works said available evidence did not meet the rehearing standard.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Sept. 14 denied a rehearing request over the proposed relocation of a protected redwood at 95 Nordhoff, concluding appellants did not present new information sufficient to reopen their case.
Appellants Judith Ticke and Steven Gantz argued that photos and site visits to two previously transplanted redwoods — one at UC Berkeley and one at Cotati — show canopy thinning, dead branches and a white residue on trunks that a UC Berkeley researcher told them was unusual and could indicate weakened…
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