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Budget office audit prompts push for dedicated tree‑planting funds and staffing to sustain San Francisco’s urban canopy
Summary
Budget and Legislative Analyst findings that Street Tree SF has made limited progress on baseline pruning, faces staffing and data issues, and lacks dedicated planting funds led supervisors, the acting Public Works director, and community groups to press for a planting funding strategy, improved asset management, and equitable planting across neighborhoods.
The committee received a detailed presentation on Nov. 19 from the Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) on the Department of Public Works’ Street Tree SF program and the city’s urban canopy, and heard a robust public response urging dedicated planting funding, better data and expanded staffing.
Dan Goncher of the BLA summarized the June audit’s findings: Street Tree SF completed about 21% of its key maps and addressed roughly 32% of street trees within key maps during the program’s first three years, and the office now projects eight years to complete baseline pruning rather than the originally projected three to five years. The audit identified five key problem…
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