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Board sides with Urban Forestry, denies Golden Gateway request to remove three of five mature pines
Summary
The Board upheld the Department of Public Works' partial denial of a Golden Gateway Center tree‑removal permit at Sydney Walton Square, requiring replacement and a landscape plan. Urban Forestry found two trees hazardous and recommended monitoring three; residents urged preservation. The Board voted to uphold the department and will adopt formal findings later.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Dec. 9 sided with the Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUF) in an appeal over the removal of five Monterey pine trees at Sydney Walton Square. The property owner (Golden Gateway Center, also called Gateway) sought removal of five mature trees that BUF staff and outside arborists had evaluated for pine pitch canker and structural risk.
Carla Short, representing BUF, told the Board the five trees were individually evaluated and that while all showed some signs of pine pitch canker, tree condition varied: two trees were judged…
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