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Year one of Street Tree SF: city reports pruning and removals, warns of planting funding gap
Summary
At a Nov. 14 hearing, the Bureau of Urban Forestry reported year-one implementation of Street Tree SF (Prop E): roughly 19% of maintenance needs addressed, more than 1,900 trees removed for safety, 262,000 sq ft of sidewalk repairs and a stated planting funding shortfall (planting/establishment ~ $2,000 per tree; BUFF estimates ~$12 million/year to add 6,000 trees annually).
Carla Short, superintendent of the Bureau of Urban Forestry, told the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Nov. 14 that the first year of Street Tree SF (the program implementing Proposition E) has addressed a measurable share of the city’s deferred tree maintenance while exposing staffing and planting‑funding gaps.
Short said the city assumed responsibility for roughly 125,000 street trees after Prop E took effect on July 1, 2017, increasing the public‑works inventory from about 30,000 to 125,000 trees. The program’s established maintenance budget is $19 million annually. Short told the committee BUFF’s first‑year accomplishments include addressing about 19% of total maintenance needs, removing more than 1,900 unhealthy or structurally unsound trees, repairing more than 262,000…
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