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Committee hears presentations, public support for measure to transfer street-tree maintenance to city and fund it with parcel/partial tax
Summary
The Rules Committee reviewed a charter amendment and related funding measure to shift responsibility for street-tree maintenance to the city, create a special fund and a frontage-based parcel/partial tax (average ~ $36/year), and invest in pruning, sidewalk repairs, and a 50% increase in canopy over time; committee adopted technical amendments and continued the items to a future meeting.
A charter amendment to transfer street-tree maintenance to the city and a companion funding measure drew detailed presentations and broad public support at the Rules Committee meeting on June 23. The draft would move maintenance responsibility from fronting property owners to the city, create a special fund to pay for maintenance (including trees on San Francisco Unified School District property), and authorize a partial/parcel tax based on linear frontage to ensure stable funding.
Carla Short of San Francisco Public Works framed the proposal around a declining urban canopy and a growing backlog of sidewalk repairs tied to tree roots. Short said the city is on a…
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